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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72098</law_id><section_number>22.1-289.040</section_number><catch_line>Child day centers and family day homes receiving federal, state, or local child care funds; eligibility requirements</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>22.1-289.030</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Whenever any <span class="dictionary">child day center</span> or <span class="dictionary">family day home</span> that has not met the requirements of &#xA7;&#xA7; <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 class="law" title="Background check upon application for licensure, registration, or approval as child day center, family day home, or family day system; penalty" href="/22.1-289.036/">22.1-289.036</a>, and <a class="law" title="Records check by unlicensed child day center; penalty" href="/22.1-289.039/">22.1-289.039</a> applies to enter into a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or its agents or designees to provide child care services to clients of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or its agents or designees, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or its agents or designees shall require a background check, at the time of application to enter into a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> and every five years thereafter, of (i) the applicant; any agents involved in the day-to-day operation; all agents who are alone with, in control of, or supervising one or more of the children; and any other adult living in a <span class="dictionary">family day home</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Background check upon application for licensure, registration, or approval as child day center, family day home, or family day system; penalty" href="/22.1-289.036/">22.1-289.036</a>; and (ii) all applicants for employment, employees, applicants to serve as volunteers, and volunteers pursuant to &#xA7; <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>. The <span class="dictionary">child day center</span> or <span class="dictionary">family day home</span> shall not be permitted to enter into a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or its agents or designees for child care services when an applicant; any employee; a prospective employee; a volunteer, an agent involved in the day-to-day operation; an agent alone with, in control of, or supervising one or more children; or any other adult living in a <span class="dictionary">family day home</span> (i) has been convicted of any barrier <span class="dictionary">crime</span> as defined in &#xA7; <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. Further dissemination of the information provided to the facility, beyond dissemination to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or its agents or designees is prohibited. <a id="paragraph-259798" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-289.040/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every <span class="dictionary">child day center</span> or <span class="dictionary">family day home</span> that enters into a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or its agents or designees to provide child care services to clients of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or its agents or designees that is funded, in whole or in part, by the Child Care and Development Block Grant, shall comply with all requirements established by federal <span class="dictionary">law</span> and regulations. <a id="paragraph-259799" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-289.040/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 860, 861.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
