Current through Public Act 156 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 722.115r - Individual required to undergo criminal history check or database check; individual ineligible to receive license, be adult member of household, or be child care staff member; conditions(1) An individual required to undergo a criminal history check as described in section 5n is ineligible for that application only, to receive a license, be an adult member of the household or be a child care staff member if the individual does either of the following:(a) Refuses to consent to the criminal history check or central registry check as required under section 5q.(b) Knowingly makes a materially false statement or knowingly omits information in connection with a criminal history check or central registry check as required under section 5q.(2) An individual required to undergo a database check as required under section 5n(1)(a) who has a confirmed history of disciplinary action or violations as outlined in section 11(5) and (6) may be considered ineligible to receive a license, be an adult member of the household, or be a child care staff member.(3) An individual required to undergo a criminal history check as described in section 5n is ineligible to receive a license, be an adult member of the household, or be a child care staff member if the individual satisfies 1 or more of the following:(a) Is registered, or is required to be registered, on a state sex offender registry or repository or the national sex offender registry.(b) Has been convicted of a felony consisting of 1 or more of the following or any other state or federal equivalent: (ii) Child abuse or child neglect.(iii) A crime against a minor child, including, but not limited to, child pornography.(iv) Spousal abuse or domestic violence.(v) A crime involving rape or sexual assault.(viii) Physical assault or battery.(ix) Human trafficking or involuntary servitude.(c) Has been convicted of a violent misdemeanor against a child, including, but not limited to, 1 or more of the following crimes: (d) Has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving child pornography.(4) An individual required to undergo a criminal history check as described in section 5n is ineligible to receive a license, be an adult member of the household, or be a child care staff member if the individual has been convicted of 1 or more of the following felonies, an attempt or conspiracy to commit 1 or more of the following felonies, or any other state or federal equivalent, unless 10 years have lapsed since the conviction, before the date of application or before the date a group child care home or family child care home allows an individual to be an adult member of the household, or a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home allows an individual to be a child care staff member:(a) A felony involving harm or threatened harm to an individual.(b) A felony involving the use of a firearm or dangerous weapon.(c) A felony involving cruelty or torture of any person.(d) A felony involving a substantial misrepresentation of any material fact, bribery, fraud, larceny, embezzlement, theft, home invasion, breaking and entering, receiving and concealing stolen property or a crime of similar statute.(e) A felony involving operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated or impaired causing serious injury or death.(f) A felony involving the use of a computer or the internet to commit a crime.(g) A felony involving cruelty to animals, including, but not limited to, fighting, killing, torturing, and abandoning.(h) A felony involving aggravated stalking, aggravated indecent exposure, indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person, pandering, transporting an individual for prostitution, and keeping, maintaining, or operating a house of ill fame.(i) A felony as a habitual offender.(5) An individual required to undergo a criminal history check as described in section 5n is ineligible to receive a license, be an adult member of the household, or be a child care staff member if the individual has been convicted of a felony drug offense, an attempt or conspiracy to commit a felony drug offense, or any other state or federal equivalent, unless 7 years have lapsed since the conviction before the date of application or before the date a group child care home or family child care home allows an individual to be an adult member of the household or a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home allows an individual to be a child care staff member.(6) An individual required to undergo a criminal history check as described in section 5n is ineligible to receive a license, be an adult member of the household, or be a child care staff member if the individual has been convicted of 1 or more of the following misdemeanors, an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of those misdemeanors, or any other state or federal equivalent, unless 5 years have lapsed since the conviction before the date of application or before the date a group child care home or family child care home allows an individual to be an adult member of the household or a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home allows an individual to be a child care staff member: (a) A misdemeanor involving operating under the presence of a controlled substance, use or possession of a controlled substance, and selling or furnishing a controlled substance to a minor.(b) A misdemeanor involving using computers to commit a crime, a substantial misrepresentation of a material fact, embezzlement, breaking and entering, and any other fraudulent crime except retail fraud in the third degree, petty theft, or shoplifting.(c) A misdemeanor involving stalking, assault, spousal abuse, domestic violence, weapons offense, harboring runaways, aiding and abetting, and arson.Added by 2017, Act 256,s 14, eff. 3/28/2018.