210.906. Registration form, contents--violation, penalty--fees--voluntary registration permitted, when.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

210.906. Registration form, contents--violation, penalty--fees--voluntary registration permitted, when.

Registration form, contents--violation, penalty--fees--voluntaryregistration permitted, when.

210.906. 1. Every child-care worker or elder-care worker hired on orafter January 1, 2001, or personal-care worker hired on or after January 1,2002, or mental health worker hired on or after January 1, 2009, shallcomplete a registration form provided by the department. The departmentshall make such forms available no later than January 1, 2001, and may, byrule, determine the specific content of such form, but every form shall:

(1) Request the valid Social Security number of the applicant;

(2) Include information on the person's right to appeal theinformation contained in the registry pursuant to section 210.912;

(3) Contain the signed consent of the applicant for the backgroundchecks required pursuant to this section; and

(4) Contain the signed consent for the release of informationcontained in the background check for employment purposes only.

2. Every child-care worker or elder-care worker hired on or afterJanuary 1, 2001, and every personal-care worker hired on or after January1, 2002, and every mental health worker hired on or after January 1, 2009,shall complete a registration form within fifteen days of the beginning ofsuch person's employment. Any person employed as a child-care, elder-care,mental health, or personal-care worker who fails to submit a completedregistration form to the department of health and senior services asrequired by sections 210.900 to 210.936 without good cause, as determinedby the department, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

3. The costs of the criminal background check may be paid by theindividual applicant, or by the provider if the applicant is so employed,or for those applicants receiving public assistance, by the state throughthe terms of the self-sufficiency pact pursuant to section 208.325, RSMo.Any moneys remitted to the patrol for the costs of the criminal backgroundcheck shall be deposited to the credit of the criminal record system fundas required by section 43.530, RSMo.

4. Any person licensed pursuant to sections 210.481 to 210.565 shallbe automatically registered in the family care safety registry at noadditional cost other than the costs required pursuant to sections 210.481to 210.565.

5. Any person not required to register pursuant to the provisions ofsections 210.900 to 210.936 may also be included in the registry if suchperson voluntarily applies to the department for registration and meets therequirements of this section and section 210.909, including submitting tothe background checks in subsection 1 of section 210.909.

6. The provisions of sections 210.900 to 210.936 shall not extend torelated child care, related elder care or related personal care.