Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.8112

Current through Vol. 24-15, September 1, 2024
Section R. 400.8112 - Comprehensive background check; fingerprinting

Rule 112.

(1) Pursuant to sections 5n and 5q of the act, MCL 722.115n and 722.115q, before an individual has unsupervised contact with children, the department shall determine the individuals eligibility to be any of the following:
(a) A licensee.
(b) A licensee designee.
(c) A child care staff member.
(d) A child care aide.
(e) An unsupervised volunteer.
(2) An applicant or licensee shall do all of the following:
(a) Ensure that each individual who requires an eligibility determination under subrule (1) of this rule completes, signs, and submits all of the information required in subrule (5) of this rule, and in subrule (6) of this rule if applicable, on a form prescribed by the department. The forms are available on the departments website for the child care background check system, www.michigan.gov/ccbc. The form or forms must be signed and dated prior to the individuals appointment to be fingerprinted.
(b) Maintain a copy of the completed and signed form or forms for each individual entered into the child care background check system under the license.
(c) Provide to the department, upon request, a copy of the individuals completed and signed form or forms.
(d) Establish and activate an account and accurately enroll each individual listed in subrule (1) of this rule in the child care background check system.
(e) Within the departments child care background check system, accurately complete and maintain the connection, disconnection, or withdrawn status of each individual associated with the license.
(f) Immediately disconnect each individual from the system once he or she is no longer a licensee, licensee designee, child care staff member, child care aide, or an unsupervised volunteer under the license.
(3) An individual may serve as a child care staff member pending an eligibility determination by the department under sections 5n(8) and 5q of the act, MCL 722.115n and 722.115q, and shall be supervised at all times by the licensee or a child care staff member who has been determined eligible.
(4) For an individual who is determined ineligible by the department, a licensee shall immediately do all of the following:
(a) Prohibit the individual from being on the premises of the child care center.
(b) Prohibit the individual from having any contact with children in care.
(c) Disconnect the individual from the child care background check system.
(5) An individual who requires a comprehensive background check under sections 5n and 5q of the act, MCL 722.115n and 722.115q, shall submit to the department, on a form prescribed by the department, all personally identifiable information necessary to conduct the comprehensive background check, including all of the following:
(a) Full legal name.
(b) All other names used in the past, including any maiden name or alias, the approximate date the other name was used, and the reason for the name change.
(c) Suffix, if applicable.
(d) Social Security number.
(e) Date of birth.
(f) Place of birth.
(g) Country of citizenship.
(h) Height.
(i) Weight.
(j) Hair color.
(k) Eye color.
(l) Gender.
(m) Race.
(n) Current address.
(o) If the individual resided outside this state during the last 5 years, then provide each of those addresses.
(p) Drivers license identification number and state issuing the license or a state identification number and state issuing it, if available.
(q) Phone number.
(r) Email address, if available.
(s) Any other information deemed reasonably necessary by the department to determine the eligibility of the individual based on a name-based registry match.
(6) The department shall maintain the confidentiality of all personally identifiable information submitted pursuant to this rule to the extent permitted by law.

Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.8112

An obvious error in R 400.8112 was corrected at the request of the promulgating agency, pursuant to Section 56 of 1969 PA 306, as amended by 2000 PA 262, MCL 24.256. The rule containing the error was published in Michigan Register, 2019 MR 23. The memorandum requesting the correction was published in Michigan Register, 2020 MR 2.