Section 722.115c - Applicant for child care organization license; criminal history check; requirements; fee; renewal(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.Amended by 2022, Act 107,s 2, eff. 6/23/2022.Amended by 2017, Act 256,s 1, eff. 3/28/2018.Amended by 2010, Act 379,s 3, eff. 12/22/2010.Amended by 2006, Act 580,s 2, eff. 1/3/2007.Added by 2005, Act 133, s 2, eff. 1/1/2006.