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39-2009. Persons employed by a provider; disqualification for criminal history or other acts; criminal history record checks. (a) No licensee shall knowingly operate a center, facility, hospital or be a provider of services if any person who works in the center, facility, hospital or for a provider of services:

(1) (A) Has a felony conviction for a crime against persons;

(B) has a felony conviction under K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 21-36a01 through 21-36a17, prior to their transfer, or article 57 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or any felony violation of any provision of the uniform controlled substances act prior to July 1, 2009;

(C) has a conviction of any act which is described in articles 34, 35 or 36 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, prior to their repeal, or article 54, 55 or 56 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, or K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 21-6104, 21-6325, 21-6326 or 21-6418 through 21-6421, and amendments thereto, or a conviction of an attempt under K.S.A. 21-3301, prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 21-5301, and amendments thereto, to commit any such act or a conviction of conspiracy under K.S.A. 21-3302, prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 21-5302, and amendments thereto, to commit such act, or similar statutes of other states or the federal government; or

(D) has been convicted of any act which is described in K.S.A. 21-4301 or 21-4301a, prior to their repeal, or K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 21-6401, and amendments thereto, or similar statutes of other states or the federal government;

(2) has been adjudicated a juvenile offender because of having committed an act which if committed by an adult would constitute the commission of a felony and which is a crime against persons, is any act described in articles 34, 35 or 36 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, prior to their repeal, or articles 54, 55 or 56 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, or K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 21-6104, 21-6325, 21-6326 or 21-6418 through 21-6421, and amendments thereto, or similar statutes of other states or the federal government, or is any act described in K.S.A. 21-4301 or 21-4301a, prior to their repeal, or K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 21-6401, and amendments thereto, or similar statutes of other states or the federal government;

(3) has committed an act of physical, mental or emotional abuse or neglect or sexual abuse and who is listed in the child abuse and neglect registry maintained by the Kansas department for children and families pursuant to K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 38-2226, and amendments thereto, and:

(A) The person has failed to successfully complete a corrective action plan which had been deemed appropriate and approved by the Kansas department for children and families; or

(B) the record has not been expunged pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the secretary for children and families;

(4) has had a child removed from home based on a court order pursuant to K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 38-2251, and amendments thereto, in this state, or a court order in any other state based upon a similar statute that finds the child to be deprived or a child in need of care based on a finding of physical, mental or emotional abuse or neglect or sexual abuse and the child has not been returned to the home or the child reaches majority before being returned to the home and the person has failed to satisfactorily complete a corrective action plan;

(5) has had parental rights terminated pursuant to the revised Kansas code for the care of children or a similar statute of another state; or

(6) has signed a diversion agreement pursuant to K.S.A. 22-2906 et seq., and amendments thereto, or an immediate intervention agreement pursuant to K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 38-2346, and amendments thereto, involving a charge of child abuse or a sexual offense.

(b) No licensee shall operate a center, facility, hospital or be a provider of services if such person has been found to be an adult with an impairment in need of a guardian or a conservator, or both, as provided in the act for obtaining a guardian or conservator, or both.

(c) The secretary shall notify the licensee, within 10 business days, when the result of the national criminal history record check or other appropriate review reveals unfitness as specified in subsections (a)(1) through (6) with regard to the person who is the subject of the review.

(d) No licensee, its contractors or employees, shall be liable for civil damages to any person refused employment or discharged from employment by reason of such licensee's compliance with the provisions of this section if such licensee acts in good faith to comply with this section.

(e) Any licensee or member of the staff who receives information concerning the fitness or unfitness of any person shall keep such information confidential, except that the staff person may disclose such information to the person who is the subject of the request for information. A violation of this subsection shall be an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $100.

(f) The licensing agency may require a person seeking licensure or applying to work in a facility to be fingerprinted and submit to a state and national criminal history record check. The fingerprints shall be used to identify the person and to determine whether the person has a record of criminal history in this state or other jurisdiction. The licensing agency is authorized to submit the fingerprints to the Kansas bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation for a state and national criminal history record check. The licensing agency may use the information obtained from fingerprinting and the criminal history for purposes of verifying the identification of the person and in the official determination of the qualifications and fitness of the person to be issued or to maintain a license, work with, or provide services to individuals as applicable under this act.

(g) The secretary shall have access to any criminal history record information in the possession of the Kansas bureau of investigation regarding any criminal history information, including adjudications of a juvenile offender which if committed by an adult would have been a felony conviction for the purposes specified in this act. The Kansas bureau of investigation may charge to the Kansas department for aging and disability services a reasonable fee for providing criminal history record information under this subsection.

(h) The secretary shall charge each person or licensee requesting information under this section a fee equal to cost for each person about which an information request has been submitted to the department under this section.

(i) For the purpose of complying with this section, the licensee operating a center, facility, hospital or a provider of services shall request from the Kansas department for aging and disability services information regarding any criminal history information relating to a person who works in the center, facility, hospital or for a provider of services, or who is being considered for employment or volunteer work in the facility, center, hospital or with the service provider, for the purpose of determining whether such person is subject to the provisions of this section. For the purpose of complying with this section, the licensee operating a center, facility, hospital or a provider of services shall report the dates of employment and separation of all persons working for the licensee operating a center, facility, hospital or a provider of services. For the purposes of complying with this section, any employment agency which provides employees to work in a center, facility, hospital or a provider of services shall request and receive an eligibility determination from the Kansas department for aging and disability services. Any licensee operating a center, facility, hospital or a provider of services will obtain written documentation that such employees are eligible to work. For the purpose of complying with this section, a licensee may hire an applicant for employment on a conditional basis pending the results from the Kansas department for aging and disability services of an eligibility determination under this subsection. As required by the patient protection and affordable care act, 42 U.S.C. § 18001, a person disqualified from employment due to a valid background check may appeal in accordance with requirements, standards, rules and regulations to be promulgated by the secretary.

(j) No person who works for a center, facility or hospital and who is currently licensed or registered by an agency of this state to provide professional services in the state and who provides such services as part of the work which such person performs for the center, facility or hospital shall be subject to the provisions of this section.

(k) A licensee may request from the Kansas department for aging and disability services criminal history information on persons employed under subsection (j).

(l) The licensee operating a center, facility, hospital or a provider of services shall not require an applicant under this section to be fingerprinted, if the applicant has been the subject of a background check under this act within one year prior to the application for employment with the licensee operating a center, facility, hospital or a provider of services and has maintained a record of continuous employment, with no lapse of employment of over 90 days in any center, facility, hospital or a provider of services covered by this act.

(m) No person who is in the custody of the secretary of corrections and who provides services under direct supervision in non-patient areas on the grounds or other areas designated by the secretary of corrections shall be subject to the provisions of this section while providing such services.

History: L. 2016, ch. 105, § 9; July 1.



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