§ 40-13.2-1 Definitions
§ 40-13.2-2 Qualification for childcare employment
§ 40-13.2-3 Employment background checks
§ 40-13.2-3.1 CANTS (Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System) check – Operators and employees
§ 40-13.2-4 Criminal records check – Operators of childcare facilities that must be licensed or registered with the department
§ 40-13.2-4.1 Criminal records check – Operators of youth-serving agencies
§ 40-13.2-5 Criminal records check – Employees of child day care, daycare centers, family daycare homes, group family daycare homes, child-placing agencies and residential childcare facilities that must be licensed by the department
§ 40-13.2-5.1 Criminal records check – Employee of youth-serving agency
§ 40-13.2-5.2 Criminal records check – Employees of the department of children, youth and families
§ 40-13.2-6 Prior criminal records checks
§ 40-13.2-7 Rules and regulations
§ 40-13.2-8 Destruction of fingerprint records

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 40-13.2 - Certification of Childcare and Youth-Serving Workers and Operators

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6