Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The supervising
agency shall complete the following activities at initial licensure for new
foster parent applicants and any member of the prospective foster parents'
household who is 18 years of age or older:
(1)
furnish the written notice as required by
G.S.
131D-10.3A(e);
(2) obtain a signed consent form for a
criminal history check and submit the signed consent form to the Department of
Health and Human Services, Criminal Records Check Unit;
(3) obtain two sets of fingerprints on SBI
identification cards and forward both sets of fingerprints to the Department of
Health and Human Services, Criminal Records Check Unit. Once an individual's
fingerprints have been submitted to the Department of Health and Human
Services, Criminal Records Check Unit, additional fingerprints shall not be
required;
(4) conduct a local
criminal history check through accessing the Administrative Office of the
Courts and the Department of Corrections Offender Population Unified System and
submit the results of the criminal history checks to the licensing
authority;
(5) obtain a signed
statement that:
(A) the individual has no
criminal, social or medical history which would adversely affect their capacity
to work with children and adults;
(B) obtain a signed statement that the
individual has not abused or neglected a child, been a respondent in a juvenile
court proceeding that resulted in the removal of a child, or had child
protective services involvement that resulted in the removal of a child;
and
(C) obtain a signed statement
that the applicant has not abused, neglected, or exploited a disabled adult and
has never committed an act of domestic violence upon another person;
(6) conduct a search of the North
Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry; and
(7) conduct a search of the North Carolina
Health Care Personnel Registry pursuant to
G.S.
131E-256.
(b) The supervising agency shall conduct a
local criminal history check through accessing the Administrative Office of the
Courts and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult
Correction, Offender Information and submit the results of the criminal history
checks to the licensing authority at relicensure for foster parents and any
member of the prospective foster parents' household 18 years of age or
older.
(c) Every two years, the
supervising agency shall require that foster parents and any adult member of
the household provide:
(1) a signed statement
that the individual has no criminal, social, or medical history which would
adversely affect their capacity to work with children and adults;
(2) a signed statement that the individual
has not abused or neglected a child, been a respondent in a juvenile court
proceeding that resulted in the removal of a child, or had child protective
services involvement that resulted in the removal of a child;
(3) a signed statement that the applicant has
not abused, neglected, or exploited a disabled adult and has never committed an
act of domestic violence upon another person; and
(4) a signed statement that the applicant is
not listed on the North Carolina Health Care Personnel Registry pursuant to
G.S.
131E-256.
Authority
G.S.
131D-10.1;
131D-10.3;
131D-10.3A;
131D-10.5;
143B-153;
Eff.
September 1, 2007;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2017;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. October 3,
2017.
