9:3-40.4 Request for criminal history record background check by agency.

3. a. In the case of an adoption agency established after the effective date of this act, the administrator of the agency, prior to the agency's opening, shall ensure that a request for a criminal history record background check on each staff member is sent to the department for processing by the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A staff member shall not be left alone as the only adult accompanying a child until the staff member's criminal history record background check has been reviewed by the department pursuant to this act.

b. In the case of an adoption agency approved prior to the effective date of this act, the administrator of the agency shall ensure that a request for a criminal history record background check on each staff member is submitted to the department within 60 days of the effective date of this act for processing by the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

c. Within two weeks after a new staff member begins employment at an approved agency, the administrator of the agency shall ensure that a request for a criminal history record background check on the new staff member is submitted to the department for processing by the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A new staff member shall not be left alone as the only adult accompanying a child until the staff member's criminal history record background check has been reviewed by the department pursuant to this act.

L.2008, c.114, s.3.