Sec. 17a-450c. Employment applicants and volunteers required to submit to state criminal background check and check of state child abuse and neglect registries.
Sec. 17a-450c. Employment applicants and volunteers required to submit to
state criminal background check and check of state child abuse and neglect registries. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall require that
each applicant for an employment or volunteer position in the department submit to a
state criminal background check, a check of the Department of Children and Families
child abuse and neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k and a check
of the Department of Developmental Services abuse or neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-247b. In addition, the commissioner may require that any applicant
for an employment or volunteer position in the department, who has resided outside this
state submit to a national criminal background check. No applicant shall be hired or
placed in a volunteer position by the department until the results of such checks are
available.
(P.A. 08-46, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-46 effective May 7, 2008.