(1) Each county department shall require each protective services employee hired on or after May 29, 2012, to complete a fingerprint-based criminal history record check utilizing the records of the Colorado bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation. The employee shall pay the cost of the fingerprint-based criminal history record check unless the county department chooses to pay the cost. Upon completion of the criminal history record check, the Colorado bureau of investigation shall forward the results to the county department. The county department shall require a name-based criminal history record check for an applicant or an employee who has twice submitted to a fingerprint-based criminal history record check and whose fingerprints are unclassifiable or when the results of a fingerprint-based criminal history record check of an applicant performed pursuant to this section reveal a record of arrest without a disposition, as defined in section 22-2-119.3 (6)(d).
(2) For each adult protective services employee hired on or after January 1, 2019, each county department shall conduct a CAPS check to determine if the person is substantiated in a case of mistreatment of an at-risk adult. The county department shall conduct the CAPS check pursuant to state department rules.
Source: L. 2012: Entire part amended, (SB 12-078), ch. 226, p. 998, § 1, effective May
29. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1284), ch. 272, p. 1498, § 4, effective May 31. L. 2019: (1) amended, (HB 19-1166), ch. 125, p. 554, § 42, effective April 18.