Section 0030-01-06-.05 - REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEERS(1) As a condition of employment with a provider agency, any person who applies to work for the agency as an employee, or any volunteer, whose function would include direct contact with or direct responsibility for persons receiving home and community based services, if so requested by the employing agency, shall: (a) Agree to the release of all investigative records from any source, including federal, state and local governments to the hiring organization for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of criminal violation information contained on an application to work for the organization;(b) Supply fingerprint samples for the purpose of submitting for a criminal background investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. If no disqualifying record is identified, the TBI shall, if so requested, send the fingerprints to the FBI for a national criminal history record check;(c) Release information for a criminal background investigation by a state licensed private investigation company;(d) Provide past work history containing a continuous description of activities over the past five (5) years; and/or(e) Identify at least three (3) individuals as personal references, one (1) of whom shall have known the applicant for at least five (5) years.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0030-01-06-.05
Original rule filed July 13, 2004; effective September 26, 2004.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-201, 71-2-105(b)(1), and 71-2-111(b).