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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.524 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19990223 Primary Sponsor:Hayes All Sponsors:Hayes Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\psd\7234ac99.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Day care center employment, criminal record checks, fingerprint reviews; provisional employment until results; Minors History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 19990223 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-2725, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECKS FOR DAY CARE CENTER EMPLOYEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PRIOR TO OBTAINING THE RESULTS OF FINGERPRINT REVIEWS CONDUCTED BY THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, A PERSON MAY BE PROVISIONALLY EMPLOYED BY AFFIRMING IN WRITING THAT HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME THAT IS A BAR TO EMPLOYMENT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 20-7-2725(D) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 444 of 1996, is amended to read:
"(D) To be employed by or to provide caregiver services at a day care facility licensed, registered, or approved under this subarticle, a person first shall undergo a state fingerprint review to be conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division to determine any state criminal history and a fingerprint review to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine any other criminal history. A person may be provisionally employed or may provisionally provide caregiver services after the favorable before completion of the State Law Enforcement Division fingerprint review and until such time as the Federal Bureau of Investigation review is completed if the person affirms in writing on a form provided by the department that he or she has not been convicted of any crime enumerated in this section. The results of the fingerprint reviews are valid and reviews are not required to be repeated as long as the person remains employed by or continues providing caregiver services in a day care center, group day care home, family day care home, or church or religious day care center; however, if a person is not employed or does not provide caregiver services for one year or longer, the fingerprint reviews must be repeated."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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