Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, including but not limited to:
a. Procedures for a unified child care agency to follow in submitting a request for a child abuse record information check on a prospective approved home provider or any adult member of the prospective provider's household;b. Implementation of an appeals process to be used in the case of a denial of a prospective approved home provider's application to provide child care services based on a finding of substantiated child abuse or neglect; andc. Establishment of time limits for conducting a child abuse record information check and providing a unified child care agency with the results of the check.Added by L. 2003, c. 185, s. 3, eff. 3/24/2004.