we are 18 months out from our Joint Commission Survey and just this last week completed a CARF Survey (specific to rehab hospitals). One of the questions that was ask about volunteers was fingerprinting. I was looking on the join commission website and got a bit overwhelmed and could not find anything about fingerprinting volunteers. Since CARF follows Joint Commission in some of its guidelines, I was wondering:

1.  If any of you require findgerprinting on your volutneers ?

2.  If so, is it at the expense of the hospital or at the expense of the potential volunteer?

3.  If you do fingerprint your potential volunteers, do you do it on all or just ones in specific areas and what what areas are they in ? What areas are they in ?

I found the site I posted above which seems to have a pretty good summary of what you are asking about. 

thank you both.....ive been looking at the join commission website specific to MS and its a bit overwhelming.......

We drug screen and background check volunteers the same as we do for employees, but no fingerprints.  Let me say that teens aren't background checked because their records would be frozen.  Once out of that range, a background check is done.

We do not fingerprint. We do a background check only on adults.

We do not drug screen.