Michigan Laws 722.115c – Applicant for child care organization license; criminal history check; requirements; fee; renewal
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 722.115c
- Child care organization: means a governmental or nongovernmental organization having as its principal function receiving minor children for care, maintenance, training, and supervision, notwithstanding that educational instruction may be given. See Michigan Laws 722.111
- Criminal history check: means a fingerprint-based criminal history record information background check through the department of state police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. See Michigan Laws 722.111
- Criminal history record information: means that term as defined in section 1a of 1925 PA 289, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 722.111
- Department: means the department of health and human services and the department of licensing and regulatory affairs or a successor agency or department responsible for licensure under this act. See Michigan Laws 722.111
- Legal entity: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or any other entity. See Michigan Laws 722.111
- Licensee: means a person, legal entity organized under a law of this state, state or local government, or trust that has been issued a license under this act to operate a child care organization. See Michigan Laws 722.111
- Licensee designee: means the individual designated in writing by the board of directors of the corporation or by the owner or person with legal authority to act on behalf of the company or organization on licensing matters. See Michigan Laws 722.111
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) Except as provided in subsection (6), when a person or an applicant that is a legal entity, trust, or local or state governmental organization applies for a license for a child care organization under section 5, the department shall request the department of state police to perform a criminal history check on the person, licensee designee, chief administrator, and program director of the child care organization, as applicable.
(2) Each person applying for a license to operate a child care organization must give written consent at the time of the license application for the department of state police to conduct the criminal history check required under this section. The department shall require the person to submit his or her fingerprints to the department of state police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the criminal history check described in subsection (1).
(3) The department shall request a criminal history check required under this section on a form and in the manner prescribed by the department of state police.
(4) Within a reasonable time after receiving a complete request by the department for a criminal history check on a person under this section, the department of state police must conduct the criminal history check and provide a report of the results to the department. The report shall contain any criminal history record information on the person maintained by the department of state police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(5) The department of state police may charge the department a fee for a criminal history check required under this section that does not exceed the actual and reasonable cost of conducting the check. The department may pass along to the licensee or applicant the actual cost or fee charged by the department of state police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or a vendor approved by the department of state police for performing a criminal history check required under this section.
(6) If a person, licensee designee, chief administrator, or program director of a child care organization applying to renew a license to operate a child care organization has previously undergone a criminal history check required under subsection (1) and has remained continuously licensed after the criminal history check has been performed and section 5k continues to apply, that person, licensee designee, chief administrator, or program director of a child care organization is not required to submit to another criminal history check upon renewal of the license obtained under section 5.