New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES
Subchapter 5 - STAFF REQUIREMENTS
Section 3A:56-5.9 - Background check procedures for out-of-State homes and agencies

(a) For a home or agency located outside New Jersey, the home or agency shall ensure that the director and each applicant or staff member meet all applicable laws and regulations in that state governing criminal history record background checks and child abuse record information checks that may be required as a condition of employment.

(b) In the event that criminal history record background checks and child abuse record information checks are not mandated in that state, the home or agency shall require that the director and each applicant, staff member, treatment home parent, teaching family home parent, alternative care home parent, supervised transitional living home parent, and household member at least 18 years old make a disclosure of any criminal conviction. The results of the disclosure shall be made available to the Department, so that the Department can determine the suitability of the individual for employment or service at the home or agency during the time children who are residents of New Jersey are placed in the home.