§ 26-8A-12.3 Central registry check of kinship, foster care, adoption, and child welfare agency employment applicants.

SD Codified L § 26-8A-12.3 (2019) (N/A)

Copy with citation

Copy as parenthetical citation

26-8A-12.3. Central registry check of kinship, foster care, adoption, and child welfare agency employment applicants. Upon the receipt of a written request from a licensed child welfare agency or a private child welfare agency whose licensure has been waived pursuant to § 26-6-9, the Department of Social Services shall conduct a check of the central registry for child abuse and neglect for kinship, foster care, adoption, or employment applicants and shall provide the results to the requesting agency. Further, upon written request from an agency that provides child welfare services or child placement services for a federally recognized tribe, the department shall conduct a check of the central registry for child abuse and neglect for kinship, foster care, or adoption applicants and shall provide the results to the requesting tribal agency. Before the department conducts any check of the central registry for child abuse and neglect pursuant to this section, the requesting agency shall provide to the department a consent signed by the applicant for kinship, foster care, adoption, or employment.

Source: SL 2007, ch 165, § 2; SL 2016, ch 144, § 2.

Previous Section

§ 26-8A-12.2 Abuse and neglect screening required of certain current and potential employees and volunteers_Written consent required.

Next Section

§ 26-8A-12.4 Central registry check of prospective foster or adoptive parents at request of governmental social service agency for another state.