Rule 37.96.1004 - BACKGROUND CHECK RESULTS THAT MAY RESULT IN THE DENIAL OF AN APPLICANT(1) After written notice to the applicant, licensee, or registered provider, the department may deny, suspend, restrict, revoke, or reduce to a provisional or probationary status a license or registration upon finding that any person who is required to have a background check has been convicted of a crime that may make an individual ineligible to work in a child care facility. These are direct crimes against a person's physical or emotional well-being. Conviction or determination of the following may make an individual ineligible to work or be present in a child care facility:(a) a conviction for misdemeanor partner/family member assault, misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child, misdemeanor unlawful transaction with children, prostitution, burglary, or a crime involving an abuse of the public trust;(b) being named as a perpetrator in a substantiated report of abuse or neglect;(c) being named as a perpetrator in a founded report of abuse or neglect, although this cannot be the sole basis for denial;(d) abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a developmental disability; or(e) a felony conviction for a drug-related offense within the previous five years, including distribution or possession of controlled substances, criminal possession of precursors to dangerous drugs, criminal manufacture of dangerous drugs, criminal possession of imitation dangerous drugs with the purpose to distribute, criminal possession, manufacture or delivery of drug paraphernalia, or driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.Mont. Admin. r. 37.96.1004
NEW, 2024 MAR p. 738, Eff. 4/13/2024AUTH: 52-2-704, MCA; IMP: 52-2-704, 52-2-723, 52-2-726, 52-2-731, MCA