MI Comp L § 722.115r (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 116 of 1973 - Child Care Organizations (722.111 - 722.128)|Section 722.115r - Individual Required to Undergo Criminal History Check or Database Check; Individual Ineligible to Receive License, Be Adult Member of Household, or Be Child Care Staff Member; Conditions.

722.115r Individual required to undergo criminal history check or database check; individual ineligible to receive license, be adult member of household, or be child care staff member; conditions.Sec. 5r.  (1) An individual required to undergo a criminal history check as described in section 5n is ineligible for that application only, to receive a license, be an adult member of the household or be a child care staff member if the individual does either of the following:  (a) Refuses to consent to the criminal history check or central registry check as required under section 5q.  (b) Knowingly makes a materially false statement or knowingly omits information in connection with a criminal history check or central registry check as required under section 5q.  (2) An individual required to undergo a database check as required under section 5n(1)(a) who has a confirmed history of disciplinary action or violations as outlined in section 11(5) and (6) may be considered ineligible to receive a license, be an adult member of the household, or be a child care staff member.  (3) An individual required to undergo a criminal history check as described in section 5n is ineligible to receive a license, be an adult member of the household, or be a child care staff member if the individual satisfies 1 or more of the following:  (a) Is registered, or is required to be registered, on a state sex offender registry or repository or the national sex offender registry.  (b) Has been convicted of a felony consisting of 1 or more of the following or any other state or federal equivalent:  (i) Murder or homicide.  (ii) Child abuse or child neglect.  (iii) A crime against a minor child, including, but not limited to, child pornography.  (iv) Spousal abuse or domestic violence.  (v) A crime involving rape or sexual assault.  (vi) Kidnapping.  (vii) Arson.  (viii) Physical assault or battery.  (ix) Human trafficking or involuntary servitude.  (c) Has been convicted of a violent misdemeanor against a child, including, but not limited to, 1 or more of the following crimes:  (i) Child abuse.  (ii) Child endangerment.  (iii) Sexual assault.  (d) Has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving child pornography.  (4) An individual required to undergo a criminal history check as described in section 5n is ineligible to receive a license, be an adult member of the household, or be a child care staff member if the individual has been convicted of 1 or more of the following felonies, an attempt or conspiracy to commit 1 or more of the following felonies, or any other state or federal equivalent, unless 10 years have lapsed since the conviction, before the date of application or before the date a group child care home or family child care home allows an individual to be an adult member of the household, or a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home allows an individual to be a child care staff member:  (a) A felony involving harm or threatened harm to an individual.  (b) A felony involving the use of a firearm or dangerous weapon.  (c) A felony involving cruelty or torture of any person.  (d) A felony involving a substantial misrepresentation of any material fact, bribery, fraud, larceny, embezzlement, theft, home invasion, breaking and entering, receiving and concealing stolen property or a crime of similar statute.  (e) A felony involving operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated or impaired causing serious injury or death.  (f) A felony involving the use of a computer or the internet to commit a crime.  (g) A felony involving cruelty to animals, including, but not limited to, fighting, killing, torturing, and abandoning.  (h) A felony involving aggravated stalking, aggravated indecent exposure, indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person, pandering, transporting an individual for prostitution, and keeping, maintaining, or operating a house of ill fame.  (i) A felony as a habitual offender.  (5) An individual required to undergo a criminal history check as described in section 5n is ineligible to receive a license, be an adult member of the household, or be a child care staff member if the individual has been convicted of a felony drug offense, an attempt or conspiracy to commit a felony drug offense, or any other state or federal equivalent, unless 7 years have lapsed since the conviction before the date of application or before the date a group child care home or family child care home allows an individual to be an adult member of the household or a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home allows an individual to be a child care staff member.  (6) An individual required to undergo a criminal history check as described in section 5n is ineligible to receive a license, be an adult member of the household, or be a child care staff member if the individual has been convicted of 1 or more of the following misdemeanors, an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of those misdemeanors, or any other state or federal equivalent, unless 5 years have lapsed since the conviction before the date of application or before the date a group child care home or family child care home allows an individual to be an adult member of the household or a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home allows an individual to be a child care staff member:  (a) A misdemeanor involving operating under the presence of a controlled substance, use or possession of a controlled substance, and selling or furnishing a controlled substance to a minor.  (b) A misdemeanor involving using computers to commit a crime, a substantial misrepresentation of a material fact, embezzlement, breaking and entering, and any other fraudulent crime except retail fraud in the third degree, petty theft, or shoplifting.  (c) A misdemeanor involving stalking, assault, spousal abuse, domestic violence, weapons offense, harboring runaways, aiding and abetting, and arson. History: Add. 2017, Act 256, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018 Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties relative to the licensing and regulation of child caring institutions, child placing agencies, foster family homes, foster family group homes, and court-operated facilities from department of licensing and regulatory affairs to the department of health and human services, see E.R.O. No. 2018-6, compiled at MCL 722.110.Popular Name: Act 116Popular Name: Child Care Licensing Act