Sec. 5h.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (6), when a person applies for or to renew a license to operate a foster family home or foster family group home under this act, the department shall request the department of state police to perform a criminal history check on that person.
(2) Each person applying for a license to operate a foster family home or foster family group home shall give written consent at the time of application for the department of state police to conduct a criminal history check required under this section. The department shall require the person to submit his or her fingerprints to the department of state police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the criminal history check described in subsection (1).
(3) The department shall request a criminal history check required under this section on a form and in the manner prescribed by the department of state police.
(4) Within a reasonable time after receiving a complete request by the department for a criminal history check on a person under this section, the department of state police shall conduct the criminal history check and provide a report of the results to the department. The report shall contain any criminal history record information on the person maintained by the department of state police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(5) The department of state police may charge the department a fee for a criminal history check required under this section that does not exceed the actual and reasonable cost of conducting the check.
(6) If a person applying to renew a license to operate a foster family home or foster family group home under this act has previously undergone a criminal history check required under subsection (1) and has continuously maintained a license to operate a foster family home or foster family group home under this act after the criminal history check has been performed, that person is not required to submit to another criminal history check upon renewal of the license obtained to operate a foster family home or foster family group home under this act.
History: Add. 2007, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 256, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties pertaining to children's camp, child care center, day care center, family day care home, and group day care home licensing and regulation from department of human services to department of licensing and regulatory affairs, see E.R.O. No. 2015-1, compiled at MCL 400.227.For transfer of powers and duties relative to the licensing and regulation of child caring institutions, child placing agencies, foster family homes, foster family group homes, and court-operated facilities from department of licensing and regulatory affairs to the department of health and human services, see E.R.O. No. 2018-6, compiled at MCL 722.110.
Popular Name: Act 116
Popular Name: Child Care Licensing Act