PDFWAC 110-147-1325

What is required to apply for a child placing agency license?

(1) You must submit a completed application which is available from the division of licensed resources; and
(2) You, your executive director, agency staff, consultants, interns, volunteers, and anyone who may have unsupervised access to children per chapter 388-06A WAC are required to:
(a) Submit a completed background authorization form;
(b) Complete an FBI fingerprint check if the individual over eighteen years of age has lived out of state during any portion of the previous three years; and
(c) Ensure that no employee, volunteer or subcontractor has unsupervised access to children until a full and satisfactory background check is completed and documentation qualifying the individual for unsupervised access, has been returned to you. Your employees are allowed to work while awaiting fingerprint results, under the provisions of WAC 388-06-0500 through 388-06-0540.
[WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-147-1325, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.15.010, 74.15.030, 74.15.040, 74.15.090, 74.13.031. WSR 16-06-041, § 388-147-1325, filed 2/24/16, effective 3/26/16. Statutory Authority: Chapters 13.34 and 74.13 RCW, RCW 74.15.030(2), 74.15.311(2), 74.13.032, 13.04.011, 74.13.020, 13.34.030, 74.13.031, 13.34.145, 74.15.311, 74.15.030, and 2013 c 105. WSR 15-01-069, § 388-147-1325, filed 12/11/14, effective 1/11/15.]