New Jersey Revised Statutes § 9:3-40.3 - Criminal History Record Background Check For Staff Members Of Adoption Agency.

9:3-40.3 Criminal history record background check for staff members of adoption agency.

2. a. As a condition of securing or maintaining approval by the Department of Children and Families as an adoption agency, the administrator of an agency shall ensure that a criminal history record background check is conducted on each staff member of the agency.

b.If the administrator of an agency refuses to consent to, or cooperate in, the securing of a criminal history record background check, the department shall suspend, deny, revoke or refuse to renew the agency's approval as an adoption agency, as appropriate.

c.If a staff member of an agency, other than the administrator, refuses to consent to, or cooperate in, the securing of a criminal history record background check, the individual shall be immediately terminated from employment at the agency.

d. The cost of a criminal history record background check conducted pursuant to this act shall be paid by the agency.

L.2008, c.114, s.2.


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