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Title 28, Part CLXV Louisiana Administrative Code April 2025 8 c. a request to DCFS to search the state central registry of child abuse and neglect; d. a search of the Louisiana sex offender and child predator registry; e. a search of the national sex offender registry, as required by 45 CFR 98.43(b)(2); and f. a request for a search of the name-based state criminal history information record, state offender registry, and state registry of child abuse and neglect in each state where the person resided in the past five years, as required by 45 CFR 98.43.43(b)(3). 3. The department shall determine that a person is either eligible or ineligible for child care purposes. 4. The department shall provide written notice of a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes in the following manner: a. to the requesting home-based provider, the determination that the person is eligible or ineligible for child care purposes only, without revealing any disqualifying crime or other related information regarding the person; and b. to the person for whom the home-based provider requested the determination of eligibility, the determination that the person is eligible or ineligible for child care purposes; and if the person is ineligible for child care purposes, information related to each disqualifying crime or other related information regarding the person and information about the opportunity to appeal the accuracy or completeness of the CCCBC results received by the department and used in the determination of eligibility. B. Persons Ineligible for Child Care Purposes 1. A person shall be ineligible for child care purposes if the person: a. refuses to consent to a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes; b. knowingly makes a materially false or incomplete statement in connection with the CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes; c. has been convicted of or plead guilty or nolo contendere to any of the crimes listed in. R.S. 15:587.1(C), or those of a jurisdiction other than Louisiana which would constitute a crime under the provisions cited in R.S. 15:587.1(C); or d. is registered or required to be registered on the Louisiana sex offender and child predator registry, any other state sex offender registry, or the national sex offender registry. 2. A person shall also be ineligible for child care purposes if upon the department’s written request to DCFS after March 1, 2018, for information as to whether a person’s name is on the state central registry within DCFS, the department receives written notice from DCFS that the person’s name is recorded on the state central registry as a perpetrator for a justified finding of child abuse or neglect. a. Until the required written notice is received from DCFS indicating that a person’s name is recorded on the state central registry as a perpetrator for a justified finding of child abuse or neglect, the department shall not withhold a determination that a person is eligible for child care purposes, unless the results of some other component of the person’s CCCBC require a determination of ineligibility. 3. A person may also be ineligible for child care purposes if upon the department’s request for information from another state, the department receives from the state written notice that the person’s name is recorded on that state’s registry or repository of child abuse and neglect as having a finding of child abuse or neglect or written notice that the person is ineligible for child care purposes. C. Persons for Whom Home-Based Providers are Required to Obtain a CCCBC-Based Determinations of Eligibility for Child Care Purposes 1. Family Child Care Providers. A family child care provider shall obtain a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes from the department for the following required persons: a. the provider; b. all adults employed in the home or on the property of the home where care is provided; c. all adults living in the residence where care is provided; and d. any other person in the home or on the premises when one or more children in care are present, who is not a household designee for a child in care at the home. 2. In-Home Child Care Providers. An in-home child care provider shall obtain a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes from the department for the following required persons: a. the provider; b. all adults employed in the home or on the property of the home where care is provided; c. all non-caregiver adults living in the home where care is provided; and d. any other person in the home or on the premises when one or more children in care are present, who is not a household designee for a child in care at the home and who is not a caregiver who is exempt from the requirement of having a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes. Caregivers, as defined in §103 of this bulletin, who are living in the home, are exempt from the requirement of having a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes. D. Requests by Home-based Providers for CCCBC- Based Determinations of Eligibility for Child Care Purposes from the Department 1. A home-based provider shall request and obtain from the department a new CCCBC-based determination of