New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 48A - BACKGROUND CHECKS
Subchapter 3 - PROCEDURES
Section 10:48A-3.3 - New employees
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Prior to employment, the employee shall be responsible to make an appointment to have his or her fingerprints taken.
(b) A new employee may be provisionally employed by the community agency for a period of up to six months pending the completion of a criminal history background check if the individual provides a sworn statement to the executive director attesting that he or she has not been convicted of any crimes or disorderly person offense(s) described in this procedure. (See Appendix A.)
(c) If the new employee indicates that he or she has been convicted of a crime or disorderly person offense(s) as described in this chapter, he or she may not be employed unless the Department determines that the applicant has affirmatively demonstrated clear and convincing evidence of his or her rehabilitation in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:48A-3.4.
(d) An individual who is provisionally employed shall, where possible, perform his or her duties under the supervision of a superior who acts in a supervisory capacity over that individual until the determination concerning the Federal and State criminal background check is completed.
