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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61614</law_id><section_number>63.2-1601.1</section_number><catch_line>Criminal history check for agency approved providers of services to adults</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-389</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Social Services Programs</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Adult Services</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Adult Services</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">local board</span> shall obtain, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board, criminal history record information from the Central Criminal Records Exchange of any individual the <span class="dictionary">local board</span> is considering approving as a provider of home-based services pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Home-based services" href="/63.2-1600/">63.2-1600</a> or <span class="dictionary">adult foster care</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authority to provide adult foster care services" href="/63.2-1601/">63.2-1601</a>. The <span class="dictionary">local board</span> may also obtain such a criminal records search on all adult household members residing in the home of the individual with whom the adult is to be placed. The <span class="dictionary">local board</span> shall not hire for compensated employment any persons who have been convicted of any <span class="dictionary">offense</span> set forth in clause (i) of the definition of barrier <span class="dictionary">crime</span> 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>. If approval as an agency approved provider is denied because of information obtained through a Central Criminal Records Exchange search, the <span class="dictionary">local board</span>, upon request, shall provide a copy of the information obtained to the individual who is the subject of the search. Further dissemination of the criminal history record information is prohibited. <a id="paragraph-224951" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1601.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In emergency circumstances, each <span class="dictionary">local board</span> may obtain from a criminal justice agency the criminal history record information from the Central Criminal Records Exchange for the criminal records search authorized by this section. The provision of home-based services shall be immediately terminated or the adult shall be removed from the home immediately, if any adult resident has been convicted of any <span class="dictionary">offense</span> set forth in clause (i) of the definition of barrier <span class="dictionary">crime</span> 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>. <a id="paragraph-224952" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1601.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2007, c. 572; 2017, c. 809.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
