199.642 Staff members of child-caring facilities must submit to background checks
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in accordance with federal law and regulations -- Administrative regulations.
(1)As used in this section, "staff member" means:
(a)An individual who is employed by a child-caring facility or child-placing
agency for compensation;
(b)A contract employee or a self-employed individual whose employment
directly involves the care or supervision of children or unsupervised access to
children placed with the child-caring facility or child-placing agency; or
(c)A volunteer or intern whose activities on behalf of a child-caring facility or
child-placing agency involve the care or supervision of children or
unsupervised access to children.
(2)The cabinet shall require a staff member of a child-caring facility or child-placing
agency to submit to background checks in accordance with 42 U.S.C. sec.
671(a)(20)(D) and the implementing federal rules, including national and state
fingerprint-supported criminal background checks by the Department of Kentucky
State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(3)The child-caring facility or child-placing agency staff member shall provide the
staff member's fingerprints to the Department of Kentucky State Police for
submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation after a state criminal background
check is conducted.
(4)The results of the national and state criminal background checks shall be sent to the
cabinet.
(5)The cabinet shall provide notice to a child-caring facility or child-placing agency if
a staff member is eligible for employment not to exceed seven
(7)business days
after the date the staff member submitted fingerprints through a means approved by
the cabinet to the Department of Kentucky State Police. The cabinet shall reissue
notice of the staff member’s eligibility for employment subsequent to the cabinet’s
receipt of additional information about the staff member, including a result from the
rap back.
(6)The cabinet may register a child-caring facility or child-placing agency staff
member in the rap back system.
(7)The request for background checks shall be in a manner approved by the Justice and
Public Safety Cabinet, and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may charge a
fee to be paid by a child-caring facility or child-placing agency not to exceed the
actual cost of processing the request.
(8)The cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS
Chapter 13A to implement this section.
(9)The requirements of this section shall apply to a child-placing agency only if a
background check required under subsection
(2)of this section can be accomplished
electronically, pursuant to KRS 17.185.