Motor Vehicle Checks

A Motor Vehicle Check must be obtained for Final Applicants for positions with primary responsibility for driving as outlined below. 

  • Required

  • Examples

  • Positions with responsibility for operating university owned or controlled vehicles, regardless of frequency.
  • Positions that require any other driving of a motor vehicle, including personal or rental vehicles, on a regular or routine basis to conduct University business.
  • Positions requiring a commercial driver’s license and Commercial Motor Vehicles operators.

  • Groundskeeper assigned a vehicle for purposes of transporting staff, equipment and supplies. Employee responsible for driving catering truck as part of job duties. Administrative Assistant using a university owned vehicle on an infrequent basis to deliver paperwork across campus.
  • ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Counselor responsible for regularly visiting schools and other events for the purpose of conducting university recruiting.
  • Equipment Operators and Bus Drivers are examples. MVR requirements for these positions are dictated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and managed for our campus through Transportation Services.


  • Not Required

  • Examples

  • Infrequent or incidental driving of a personal vehicle for the purpose of conducting University related business.

  • Using a personal vehicle to drive to a meeting, deliver paperwork to another campus department, or purchase office supplies at a local store.


Financial History Check

A Financial History Check must be obtained for Final Applicants as outlined below. 

  • Required

  • Examples

  • Administrative and Officer positions at or above the Assistant Vice Chancellor level.
  • Leadership positions at or above the Director and Chair level.
  • All positions in campus departments with centralized and primary responsibility for significant university resources.

  • Chancellor, Senior Vice Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Associate Vice Chancellors and Assistant Vice Chancellors.
  • Deans, Chairs and Directors and Faculty Directors.
  • This includes all positions in the following campus departments, regardless of job title or function: Finance & Business Strategy, Bursar's Office, Campus Controller’s Office, and the Office of Financial Aid. This also includes an employee of a central accounting function for a college or school, e.g. in the Arts and Sciences Financial Service Center.


  • Not Required

  • Examples

  • Infrequent or incidental access to cash, checks or credit/debit card information. Access to finance system for purposes of conducting university business. Possession of an A-card.

  • Access to petty cash in a department. Administrative Assistant responsible for accepting occasional payments in the form of cash, check and/or credit card. Accounting Technician responsible for entering data in the Concur system.