Wash. Admin. Code § 170-290-0155

Current through Register Vol. 25-01, January 1, 2025

Section 170-290-0155 - In-home/relative providers-Background checks-Subsequent steps

After DSHS receives the background information, DSHS:

(1) Compares the background information with convictions of, or charges pending for crimes on the DEL director's list in WAC 170-06-0120;

(2) Reviews the background information using the following rules:

(a) DSHS gives the same weight to a pending charge for a crime as a conviction;

(b) If the conviction has been renamed, DSHS gives the same weight as the previous named conviction. For example, larceny is now called theft;

(c) DSHS gives convictions whose titles are preceded with the word "attempted" the same weight as those titles without the word "attempted"; and

(d) DSHS does not consider the crime a conviction for the purposes of WCCC when:

(i) It has been pardoned; or

(ii) A court of law acts to expunge, dismiss, or vacate the conviction record.

(3) Notifies the consumer whether or not the provider has been disqualified for WCCC;

(4) Allows the consumer to decide character and suitability of the provider when an individual is not automatically disqualified due to the background information from the record of arrests and prosecutions (RAP) sheet or other information available to DSHS, except as provided under WAC 170-290-0165(1); and

(5) Denies or stops payment when the background information disqualifies the individual being checked.

Wash. Admin. Code § 170-290-0155

Amended by WSR 16-09-059, Filed 4/15/2016, effective 5/16/2016

Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 43.43.832(6), 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. 09-22-043, § 170-290-0155, filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09. 08-08-047, recodified as § 170-290-0155, filed 3/27/08, effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.12.340, and 74.13.085. 05-22-078, § 388-290-0155, filed 10/31/05, effective 12/1/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25. 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0155, filed 3/29/04 and 4/7/04, effective 5/28/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.13.085. 02-14-066, § 388-290-0155, filed 6/27/02, effective 7/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050 and C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99 (Child Care Development Fund Rules). 02-01-135, § 388-290-0155, filed 12/19/01, effective 1/19/02.