Categories of CORI Access 

Category of Access	iCORI System Must Return	iCORI System will NOT Return	
Personal Access	All adult/youthful offender convictions, non-convictions, and pending cases, as well as all civil and non-incarcerable offenses. In addition, both civil and non-incarcerable offenses must appear in their own distinct sections of the CORI report.	Any sealed or juvenile offenses.	
Required 1	All adult/youthful offender convictions and pending offenses.	Any sealed, juvenile, civil, and non-incarcerable offenses or non- convictions.	
Required 2	All adult/youthful offender convictions, non-convictions and pending offenses.	Any sealed, juvenile, civil, or non-incarcerable offenses.	
Required 3	All adult/youthful offender and juvenile offender convictions, non-convictions and pending offenses.	Any sealed, civil, or non-incarcerable offenses.	
Required 4	All adult/youthful offender and juvenile offender convictions, non-convictions and pending offenses as well as sealed case indicators. In the scenario that actual sealed record data is available, then such records will be provided along with the indication that the arraignment is sealed.	Any civil or non-incarcerable offenses.	
Standard Access	•	If the offense is a murder, manslaughter or sex offense and the disposition is a conviction.
•	If the offense is a misdemeanor, the disposition is a conviction and the disposition date or incarceration release date is less than 5 years prior to the CORI Request Date, the system must return the offense AND all other convicted offenses.
•	If the offense is a felony, the disposition is a conviction and the disposition date or incarceration release date occurred less than 10 years prior to the CORI Request Date, the system must return the offense AND all other convicted offenses.
•	If the offense is pending.	•	If the offense disposition is a non-conviction.

•	If the offense is a misdemeanor, the disposition is a conviction and the disposition date and incarceration release date occurred 5 or more years prior to the CORI Request Date.

•	If the offense is a felony, the disposition is a conviction and the disposition date and incarceration release date are 10 or more years prior to the CORI Request Date.

•	If the offense is sealed, juvenile, civil or non-incarcerable.	

Category of Access	iCORI System Must Return	iCORI System will NOT Return	
Open Access	•	If the offense is a murder, manslaughter or sex offense and the disposition is a conviction, the system must return the offense no matter how old the conviction is.

•	If the offense is a misdemeanor, the disposition is a conviction and the disposition date or incarceration date occurred less than one year prior to the CORI Request Date.

•	If the offense is a felony, the disposition is a conviction and the disposition date or incarceration release date occurred less than 2 years prior to the CORI Request Date.

•	If the offense is a felony that is punishable by 5 or more years in state prison provided however, that such conviction shall only be available for 10 years following the date of disposition or date of release from incarceration, whichever is later.	•	If the offense disposition is a non-conviction.

•	If the offense is pending.

•	If the offense is a misdemeanor, the disposition is a conviction and the disposition date and incarceration release date occurred one or more year(s) prior to the CORI Request Date.
•	If the offense is a felony, the disposition is a conviction and the disposition date and incarceration release date occurred 2 or more years prior to the CORI Request Date.

•	If the case is sealed, juvenile, civil or non-incarcerable.	

Requestor Types, CORI Access Levels, and Purposes Effective Date: May 4, 2012	
Requestor Type	Level(s) of CORI Access	Purpose(s) for CORI requests	
Amusement Device
Operators	
Required 1	
employment and volunteers	
Assisted Living
Facilities	
Required 2	
employment and volunteers	
Banks	Required 1	employment and volunteers	
Camps	Required 3	employment, volunteers and americorp volunteers	
College, University, or Technical Inst.	
Standard and Required 1	standard-employment and volunteers; required 1 for clinical program placements and americorps volunteers	

Consumer Reporting Agencies	

Standard; multiple possibilities for on behalf of client requests	standard for the purpose of screening its own employees; for
requests on behalf of a client, will receive the same level of CORI and purpose for which the client is entitled	
Councils on Aging	Required 2	employment and volunteers	
Day Care Centers	Required 2	employment, volunteers and americorp volunteers	

Employers (Wal-Mart, McDonalds, etc.)	

Standard	

employment and volunteers	
EOHHS funded vendors	
Required 1	
employment and volunteers	
Agencies	Required 1	employment and volunteers	
Hospitals	Required 1	employment and volunteers	
Hospitals (Public)	Required 1	employment and volunteers	
In-Home Care	Required 2	employment and volunteers	

Insurance Companies	
Required 1	
employment and volunteers	

Lawfirm	

Standard	

employment and volunteers	
MA Municipalities	Mulitiple possibilities-Standard, Required 1 or Required 2	employment, volunteers, licensing	
MA State Agencies	Mulitiple possibilities-Standard, Required 1 or Required 2	employment, volunteers, licensing	

Requestor Type	Level(s) of CORI Access	Purpose(s) for CORI requests	
Nursing Homes	Required 2	employment and volunteers	
Out of State -
Municipalities	
Standard	
employment, volunteers, licensing	
Out of State - State
Agencies	
Standard	
employment, volunteers, licensing	
Private Investigators	Required 1	employment and volunteers	
Private Landlord	Standard	housing applicants	
Private Schools
(Accredited in MA)	
Required 2	
employment and volunteers	
Private Schools (Not Accredited in MA)	
Standard	
employment and volunteers	
Management Company (Private)	
Standard	
employment, volunteers and market rate housing	
Property
Management Company (Public)	

Standard and Required 1	
standard for employment,volunteers and market rate housing; Required 1 for public/subsidized housing	
Public Housing
Authorities	
Standard and Required 1	
standard for employment and volunteers; Required 1 for housing	
Public Schools
(Accredited in MA)	
Required 2	
employment and volunteers	
Public Schools (Not
Accredited in MA)	
Standard	
employment and volunteers	
Real Estate Agency	Standard	employment, volunteers and market rate housing	
Religious
Organizations	
Required 2	
employment and volunteers	
Security Guard Companies	
Required 1	
employment and volunteers	
Security Systems Installers	
Required 1	
employment and volunteers	
Organizations (Progs for adults)	
Standard and Required 1	standard:  employment and volunteer; required 1:  americorps volunteers	
Organizations (Progs for children under 18)	
Required 2	
employment and volunteers