Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 214 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES › Chapter 10 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - General Administration and Management › Section 214-RICR-10-00-1.8 - Criminal Record Background Checks

Current through June 14, 2024
1.8.1
General
				 Requirements
A. A nationwide criminal
				 record background check includes the taking of fingerprints. An individual
				 subject to a criminal record background check may also be required to undergo
				 an employment background check, and/or a sex offender check, and/or a child
				 abuse and neglect registry check for substantiated allegations of child abuse
				 and neglect.
B. Individuals Subject
				 to Criminal Record Background Check(s)
1.
				 Statewide and nationwide criminal record background checks are required for
				 prospective:
a. Foster parents and visiting
				 resources for children receiving Department services and household members, age
				 eighteen (18) or over.
b. Adoptive
				 parents and household members age eighteen (18) or over.
c. Legal guardians and household members age
				 eighteen (18) or over.
d. Owners
				 and operators of:
(1) Residential child care
				 facility(s);
(2) Child Care
				 Center(s) and Family Child Care Home(s);
(3) Child Placing Agency(s); and
(4) Community-based program(s) required to be
				 licensed or certified by the Department.
e. Applicants for positions involving
				 supervisory or disciplinary power over or routine contact with a child(ren)
				 without the presence of other employees, including any prospective employees,
				 volunteers and consultants of a:
(1)
				 Residential Child Care Facility;
(2) Child Care Center or Family Child Care
				 Home;
(3) Child Placing Agency;
				 or
(4) Community-Based Programs
				 required to be licensed by the Department.
f. Applicants for employment in any
				 Department position.
g. Volunteers,
				 interns, and consultants applying for Department positions that involve
				 supervisory or disciplinary power or routine contact with a child(ren) without
				 the presence of other employees.
2. Statewide criminal record background
				 checks are required for prospective:
a.
				 Department volunteers and consultants applying for positions that do not
				 involve supervisory or disciplinary power or routine contact with a child(ren)
				 without the presence of other employees;
b. Volunteers of residential child care
				 facilities, child care centers, or family child care centers licensed by the
				 Department;
c. Family child care
				 home household members, age eighteen (18) or older;
d. Respite care providers; and
e. Members of the Board of Directors of a
				 child placing agency.
3.
				 Statewide criminal record background checks may be required for individuals
				 who:
a. Are subjects of reports of child abuse
				 and/or neglect;
b. Are referred to
				 the Department for services or are adult household members of individuals
				 referred to the Department for services; or
c. Have contact with children receiving
				 services from the Department.
4. An individual who requires a nationwide
				 criminal record background check is also subject to the statewide criminal
				 record background check.