Section 75-03-36-12 - [Repealed effective 4/1/2024] Employee background checks1. Criminal history record investigations and child abuse and neglect index investigations must be completed for all child-placing agency employees who have direct contact with clients. The investigations must be completed prior to an employee's unsupervised contact with clients.2. Criminal history record investigations must be a fingerprint-based check completed against a national database.3. Child abuse and neglect index investigations must be obtained from each state where the applicant has resided in the past five years. After the initial investigation, a child abuse and neglect index investigation must be repeated annually in this state and in the employee's state of residence for continued employment.4. A subsequent criminal history record investigation is not required for an employee who maintains continuous employment at the child-placing agency unless the child-placing agency or the department determines that a need exists to conduct a subsequent investigation.5. If an employee changes employment from one licensed child-placing agency to another licensed child-placing agency within a year of the completion of a criminal history record investigation and provides documentation of the individual's background check clearance, a new criminal history record investigation will not be required.N.D. Admin Code 75-03-36-12
Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2016-360, April 2016, effective 4/1/2016.Repealed by Administrative Rules Supplement 2024-392, April 2024, effective 4/1/2024.General Authority: NDCC 50-12-05
Law Implemented: NDCC 50-12