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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60315</law_id><section_number>22.1-289.039</section_number><catch_line>Records check by unlicensed child day center; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-389</reference><reference>22.1-289.030</reference><reference>22.1-289.031</reference><reference>22.1-289.038</reference><reference>22.1-289.040</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14.1">Early Childhood Care and Education</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Background Checks</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">child day center</span> that is exempt from licensure pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Child day center operated by religious institution exempt from licensure; annual statement and documentary evidence required; enforcement; injunctive relief" href="/22.1-289.031/">22.1-289.031</a> shall require all applicants for employment, employees, applicants to serve as volunteers, and volunteers and any other person who is expected to be alone with one or more children enrolled in the <span class="dictionary">child day center</span> to obtain a background check in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Licensed child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems; employment for compensation or use as volunteers of persons convicted of or found to have committed certain offenses prohibited; national background check required; penalty" href="/22.1-289.035/">22.1-289.035</a>. A <span class="dictionary">child day center</span> that is exempt from licensure pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Child day center operated by religious institution exempt from licensure; annual statement and documentary evidence required; enforcement; injunctive relief" href="/22.1-289.031/">22.1-289.031</a> shall refuse employment or service to any person who (i) has been convicted of any barrier <span class="dictionary">crime</span> as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled" href="/19.2-392.02/">19.2-392.02</a> or (ii) is the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect within or outside the Commonwealth. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a <span class="dictionary">parent</span> or guardian who may be left alone with his own child. For purposes of this section, <span class="dictionary">convictions</span> shall include prior adult <span class="dictionary">convictions</span> and juvenile <span class="dictionary">convictions</span> or adjudications of delinquency based on a <span class="dictionary">crime</span> that would have been a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> if committed by an adult within or outside the Commonwealth. Further dissemination of the information provided to the facility is prohibited, except as otherwise provided in subsection J of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Licensed child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems; employment for compensation or use as volunteers of persons convicted of or found to have committed certain offenses prohibited; national background check required; penalty" href="/22.1-289.035/">22.1-289.035</a>.</p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 860, 861; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 251, 510.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
