(1) Each county department shall require each protective services employee hired on or after May 29, 2012, to complete a fingerprint-based criminal history records check utilizing the records of the Colorado bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation. The employee shall pay the cost of the fingerprint-based criminal history records check unless the county department chooses to pay the cost. Upon completion of the criminal history records check, the Colorado bureau of investigation shall forward the results to the county department. The county department may require a name-based criminal history records check for an applicant or an employee who has twice submitted to a fingerprint-based criminal history records check and whose fingerprints are unclassifiable.
(2) For each adult protective services employee hired on or after January 1, 2019, each county department shall conduct a CAPS check to determine if the person is substantiated in a case of mistreatment of an at-risk adult. The county department shall conduct the CAPS check pursuant to state department rules.