§ 611.53. Child abuse clearance.
(a) General rule. A home care agency or home care registry that serves persons under 18 years of age shall require each applicant for employment or referral as a direct care worker, each applicant for employment as a member of the agency or registry office staff to request a ChildLine verification regarding whether the applicant is named in the Statewide Central Register as the perpetrator of a founded or indicated report of child abuse as defined in 55 Pa. Code § 3490.4 (relating to definitions).
(b) Prohibition. A home care agency or home care registry may not employ, roster or retain an individual where ChildLine has verified that the individual is named in the Statewide Central Register as the perpetrator of a founded or indicated report of child abuse.
(c) Records maintained. The files maintained by the home care agency or home care registry for each individual employed or rostered and for each member of the office staff must include copies of the ChildLine verification. The agency or registry shall maintain copies of the ChildLine verification for the agency or registry owners, which shall be available for Department inspection.
(d) Individuals currently employed or rostered. A person who is employed by or rostered by the home care agency or home care registry, including each member of the agency or registry office staff, as of December 12, 2009, shall obtain and submit a ChildLine verification to the home care agency or home care registry by April 12, 2010. This subsection does not apply if the home care agency or home care registry obtained a ChildLine verification when the individual was hired or rostered and a copy of the verification is included in the individual’s file.
Cross References This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 611.51 (relating to hiring or rostering of direct care workers); and 28 Pa. Code § 611.54 (relating to provisional hiring).
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