22 §7704. Criminal background checks (WHOLE SECTION CONFLICT: Text as enacted by PL 2009. c. 621, §6)
Title 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Subtitle 6: FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
Chapter 1661: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§7704. Criminal background checks
(CONFLICT)
(WHOLE SECTION CONFLICT: Text as enacted by PL 2009. c. 621, §6)
Beginning October 1, 2010, a facility or health care provider subject to the licensing or certification processes of chapter 1663, a nursery school subject to chapter 1675 or a hospice provider subject to chapter 1681 shall obtain, prior to hiring an individual who will work in direct contact with a consumer, criminal history record information on that individual, including, at a minimum, criminal history record information from the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification. The entity seeking to employ the individual shall pay for the criminal background check required by this section. [2009, c. 621, §6 (NEW).]
The department may adopt rules necessary to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. [2009, c. 621, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
2009, c. 590, §4 (NEW). 2009, c. 621, §6 (NEW).