Michigan Laws 722.115h – Application for or to renew license to operate foster family home or foster family group home; criminal history check required; procedures
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 722.115h
- 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
- Foster family group home: means the private home of an individual who has been licensed by the department to provide 24-hour care for more than 4 but fewer than 7 minor children who are placed away from their parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian in foster care. See Michigan Laws 722.111
- Foster family home: means the private home of an individual who is licensed to provide 24-hour care for 1 but not more than 4 minor children who are placed away from their parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian in foster care. 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 applies for or to renew a license to operate a foster family home or foster family group home under this act, the department shall request the department of state police to perform a criminal history check on that person.
(2) Each person applying for a license to operate a foster family home or foster family group home shall give written consent at the time of application for the department of state police to conduct a 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 shall 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.
(6) If a person applying to renew a license to operate a foster family home or foster family group home under this act has previously undergone a criminal history check required under subsection (1) and has continuously maintained a license to operate a foster family home or foster family group home under this act after the criminal history check has been performed, that person is not required to submit to another criminal history check upon renewal of the license obtained to operate a foster family home or foster family group home under this act.