199.8966 Staff members of child-caring facilities must submit to background checks in accordance with federal law and regulations -- Administrative regulations
(1) The cabinet shall require a staff member of a child-caring facility 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
(2) The child-caring facility staff member shall provide the 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
(3) The results of the national and state criminal background checks shall be sent to the cabinet
(4) The cabinet may register a child-caring facility staff member in the rap back system
(5) 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 not to exceed the actual cost of processing the request
(6) The cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to implement this section
Effective:March 19, 2019 History: Created 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 33, sec. 1, effective March 19, 2019