comprehensive-background-check-pre-service-check-requirements (PROVISIONAL HIRE)

Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency does not require a qualifying result from an FBI criminal background check or an in-state criminal background check with fingerprints before a prospective staff member begins work, as required by 98.43(d)(4). (Plan Questions 5.7.12a and 5.7.12b) Overall Target Completion Date: 03/31/2025 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 OSSE will amend its child development facility licensing regulations to clarify that when a provider has submitted a request for a prospective staff member’s criminal background check, the prospective staff member may begin to work for the Facility, provided the results of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint check or a fingerprint check of the state criminal repository in the prospective staff member’s state of residence, have been returned satisfactorily and that the prospective staff member is supervised at all times by an individual who, within the five (5) year period before the date of the Facility’s request, received a qualifying background check result. Additionally, the updated licensing regulations will note that OSSE shall provide the results of the criminal background check to the Facility and to the current or prospective staff member, in a written statement that indicates whether the current or prospective staff member is eligible or ineligible for employment, without revealing any disqualifying information regarding the individual. 03/31/2025