I am looking into becoming a medical assistant.

I was looking into becoming a medical assistant.the book says it does a back ground check.looking for what?

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  Most health care proffessions do a background and police check. Especially if you are working with children or elderly. Basically they want to make sure you are of good moral character so that you wont take advantage of vunerable people. If you have criminal charges you might be in trouble. History of theft or scamming would certainly disqualify since you may steal from clients and any kind of physical, mental, or sexual abuse is also a red flag. If you have never been charged with anything you should be just fine. I agree with the first poster that it is most likely a criminal background check, but it is possible that your employer may do a work history and other kinds of checks. I work as a chemical engineer and know people who have been denied jobs for a single possession charge. My work also checked with every place I have worked or gone to school in the past 10 years, as well as reference checks from people I had known for at least 5 and were not family members. Some are more detailed then others. If you haven't done anything that would make you unsuitable for working with vunerable people you will be fine.