Sec. 20-678. Employees of homemaker-companion agencies. Submission to comprehensive background check. Written statements regarding prior criminal convictions or disciplinary action.
Sec. 20-678. Employees of homemaker-companion agencies. Submission to
comprehensive background check. Written statements regarding prior criminal
convictions or disciplinary action. Each homemaker-companion agency shall require
that any employee of such agency hired on or after October 1, 2006, submit to a comprehensive background check. In addition, each homemaker-companion agency shall require that any employee of such agency hired on or after October 1, 2006, complete and
sign a form which contains questions as to whether the current or prospective employee
was convicted of a crime involving violence or dishonesty in a state court or federal
court in any state; or was subject to any decision imposing disciplinary action by a
licensing agency in any state, the District of Columbia, a United States possession or
territory or a foreign jurisdiction. Any employee of a homemaker-companion agency
hired on or after October 1, 2006, who makes a false written statement regarding such
prior criminal convictions or disciplinary action shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 06-187, S. 60.)