Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES
Division 30 - Division of Regulation and Licensure
Chapter 63 - Child Care Comprehensive Background Screening
Section 19 CSR 30-63.020 - General Requirements
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment makes changes consistent with recent changes to section 210.1080, RSMo; specifically, changing when a person may begin working in a child care facility to the point in which they have received the qualifying result of a fingerprint based background check and adds an exemption to background screening for those child care providers who are not directly responsible for the oversight or direction of the child care facility and who do not have independent access to the facility.
(1) Prior to the employment or presence of a child care staff member in a family child care home, group child care home, child care center, or license-exempt facility not exempted by section 210.1080.13, RSMo, the child care provider shall request the results of a criminal background check for such child care staff member from the department.
(2) A prospective child care staff member may begin work for a child care provider if:
(3) Child care providers shall request the results of a criminal background check for all child care staff members, unless the requirements of section (4) of this rule are met by the child care provider and proof is submitted to the department.
(4) A child care provider shall not be required to submit a request for a criminal background check for a child care staff member if-
(5) Criminal background checks shall be completed for each child care staff member every five (5) years.