The results of the background checks will be used in making employment and licensing decisions. The law does not effect volunteers, though students who receive credit for their work are not considered volunteers. Students who are placed in entities that are subject to this law, such as clinical placements, may be subject to more stringent background checks by their placement site. However, it is also possible that the placement site may request UWM to perform the check. Legal counsel from DHFS says that this issue will be worked out between teaching institutions and entities in the upcoming months as the new law is applied, but that legislators feel that teaching institutions that place students should be advising students of the law.
More detail pertaining to situations for students appears below.
It may be necessary to review your procedures in regard to the new law and notify affected students of the changes. Please contact Legal Affairs at 229-4278 if you need assistance or a copy of the law. The caregiver entities listed below are covered under the law. Day Care Providers contracted through Local School Boards. For current employees and license holders, background checks must be performed by October 1, 1999.