New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 43B - STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE OF ADULT FAMILY CARE CAREGIVERS AND SPONSOR AGENCIES
Subchapter 3 - CRIMINAL RECORD BACKGROUND CHECK
Section 8:43B-3.1 - Criminal record background check required
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Each applicant for licensure, and for renewal of licensure, as an AFC caregiver and each non-client adult resident of a proposed AFC home shall submit to a criminal record background check, as required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:2Y-5.
(b) A person shall be disqualified for licensure as an AFC caregiver and a home shall not be approved or licensed as an AFC home if the criminal record background check of the applicant or non-client adult resident of a proposed AFC home reveals a conviction for any of the crimes or disorderly persons offenses enumerated at N.J.S.A. 26:2Y-5.b.
(c) An applicant whose application for licensure the Department denies as a result of a criminal record background check shall have a right to a hearing to contest the denial, in the Office of Administrative Law, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq., and 52:14F-1 et seq., and this chapter.