The Florida Senate

429.919  Background screening.--The owner or administrator of an adult day care center must conduct level 1 background screening as set forth in chapter 435 on all employees hired on or after October 1, 1998, who provide basic services or supportive and optional services to the participants. Such persons satisfy this requirement if:

(1)  Proof of compliance with level 1 screening requirements obtained to meet any professional license requirements in this state is provided and accompanied, under penalty of perjury, by a copy of the person's current professional license and an affidavit of current compliance with the background screening requirements.

(2)  The person required to be screened has been continuously employed, without a breach in service that exceeds 180 days, in the same type of occupation for which the person is seeking employment and provides proof of compliance with the level 1 screening requirement which is no more than 2 years old. Proof of compliance must be provided directly from one employer or contractor to another, and not from the person screened. Upon request, a copy of screening results shall be provided to the person screened by the employer retaining documentation of the screening.

(3)  The person required to be screened is employed by a corporation or business entity or related corporation or business entity that owns, operates, or manages more than one facility or agency licensed under chapter 400 or this chapter, and for whom a level 1 screening was conducted by the corporation or business entity as a condition of initial or continued employment.

History.--ss. 53, 71, ch. 98-171; s. 83, ch. 2000-349; s. 25, ch. 2001-53; s. 2, ch. 2001-67; s. 148, ch. 2001-277; s. 49, ch. 2004-267; ss. 4, 64, ch. 2006-197; s. 108, ch. 2007-5; s. 171, ch. 2007-230.

Note.--Former s. 400.5572.