2023 New Jersey Statutes 30:5B-6.17. Immunity from liability for child care center
(1) received notice from the department that the applicant or staff member, as applicable, has been determined by the department to be disqualified from employment in a child care center pursuant to section 5 or 6 of P.L.2000, c.77 (C. 30:5B-6.14 or C. 30:5B-6.15); or
(2) terminated the employment of a staff member because the person was disqualified from employment at the center on the basis of a conviction of a crime pursuant to section 5 or 6 of P.L.2000, c.77 (C. 30:5B-6.14 or C. 30:5B-6.15) after commencing employment at the center.
b. A child care center which acts upon or discloses information pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be presumed to be acting in good faith unless it is shown by clear and convincing evidence that the center acted with actual malice toward the person who is the subject of the information.
L.2000,c.77,s.9; amended 2004, c.130, s.102.