Rule 37.96.1003 - BACKGROUND CHECK RESULTS THAT MUST RESULT IN THE DENIAL OF AN APPLICANT(1) After written notice to the applicant, licensee, or registration holder, the department must deny, suspend, restrict, revoke, or reduce to a provisional or probationary status a license or registration upon finding that any person who is required to have a background check has been convicted of a crime that must make an individual ineligible to work in a child care facility. These crimes are felonies and misdemeanors that are direct crimes against a person's physical or emotional well-being. Convictions for the following crimes make an individual ineligible to work or be present in a child care facility: (a) a serious crime, such as homicide, sexual intercourse without consent, sexual assault, aggravated assault, assault on a minor, assault on an officer, assault with a weapon, kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, robbery, or arson; or(b) a crime pertaining to children or families, including child abuse or neglect, incest, child sexual abuse, ritual abuse of a minor, felony partner or family member assault, child pornography, child prostitution, internet crimes involving children, felony endangering the welfare of a child, felony unlawful transactions with children, or aggravated interference with parent-child contact.Mont. Admin. R. 37.96.1003
NEW, 2024 MAR p. 738, Eff. 4/13/2024AUTH: 52-2-704, MCA; IMP: 52-2-704, 52-2-723, 52-2-726, 52-2-731, MCA