BILL REQ. #: S-0171.1
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/17/2007. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
AN ACT Relating to record checks for developmental disabilities service providers; and adding a new section to chapter 71A.12 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 71A.12 RCW
to read as follows:
All persons who provide services under this chapter and who will
have unsupervised access to persons with developmental disabilities are
required to submit to a record check through the Washington state
patrol criminal identification system under RCW 43.43.830 through
43.43.834, 10.97.030, and 10.97.050, and through the federal bureau of
investigation. The record check shall include a fingerprint check
using a complete Washington state criminal identification fingerprint
card. The requesting entity shall provide a copy of the record report
to the applicant. When necessary, persons may be employed on a
conditional basis pending completion of the investigation. If the
applicant has had a record check within the previous two years, the
agency may waive the requirement.