Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › VERIFICATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF CHILD ABUSE AND STUDENT ABUSE RECORDS FOR CHILD CARE SERVICES › Section 3490.122 - Responsibilities of an applicant, prospective operator or legal entity of a child care service

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) An
						  applicant or prospective operator of a child care service shall submit a
						  request for verification on forms provided by the Department. The request for
						  verification shall include a check or money order for the fee charged by the
						  Department, payable to the Department of Human Services, which will not exceed
						  $10. Prospective workfare program participants are exempt from payment of the
						  fee. To obtain a form for the clearance statement, an applicant may call the
						  ChildLine verification unit at (717) 783-6211 and request a Pennsylvania Child
						  Abuse History Clearance Form.
(b) A
						  person who applies to the Department or the Department of Health to operate a
						  child care service shall comply with procedures established by these
						  Departments for documentation of compliance with the requirements for reports
						  of child abuse and criminal record history information.
(c) An administrator, or other person
						  responsible for hiring decisions, may not hire or contract with an applicant,
						  nor may a prospective operator be issued a certificate of compliance or
						  registration if the Department has verified that the applicant or prospective
						  operator is named in the Statewide Central Register as the perpetrator of a
						  founded report of child abuse committed within 5 years or less prior to the
						  request for verification.
(d) An
						  administrator, or other person responsible for hiring decisions, may not hire
						  or contract with an applicant, nor may a prospective operator be issued a
						  certificate of compliance or registration if the applicant's criminal history
						  record information dictates that the applicant or prospective operator has been
						  convicted of a crime as specified in section 6344 of the CPSL (relating to
						  information relating to prospective child-care personnel) or an equivalent
						  out-of-State crime as determined by the Department.
(e) An administrator, or other person
						  responsible for hiring decisions, may not hire or contract with an applicant,
						  nor may a prospective operator be issued a certificate of compliance or
						  registration if the applicant's report of criminal history record verification
						  or the report of child abuse record information was obtained more than 1 year
						  prior to the date of application.
(f) An applicant or prospective operator of a
						  child care service located in this Commonwealth who is not a resident of this
						  Commonwealth is required to obtain a report of criminal history record from the
						  Federal Bureau of Investigation according to procedures established by the
						  Department and on forms provided by ChildLine.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.121 (relating to
								definitions).