WAC 388-76-10160   Criminal history background check -- Required.  To assist in determining the character, suitability, and competence of a potential employee and before the adult family home employs, directly or by contract, a resident manager, entity representative or caregiver, or accepts as a caregiver any volunteer or student, or allows a household member over the age of eleven unsupervised access to residents, the home must:

     (1) Require the person to complete the residential care services background inquiry form which includes:

     (a) A disclosure statement; and

     (b) A statement authorizing the home, the department, and the Washington state patrol to conduct a background inquiry.

     (2) Verbally inform the person:

     (a) That he or she may ask for a copy of the background inquiry result; and

     (b) Of the inquiry result within ten days of receiving the result.

     (3) Send the information to the department and any additional documentation and information as requested by the department to satisfy the requirements of this section; and

     (4) Notify the appropriate licensing or certification agency of any person resigning or terminated as a result of having a conviction record.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and 74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, § 388-76-10160, filed 10/16/07, effective 1/1/08.]