Sec. 5k.
(1) The department of state police shall store and retain all fingerprints submitted under this act in an automated fingerprint identification system database that provides for an automatic notification at the time a subsequent criminal arrest fingerprint card submitted into the system matches a set of fingerprints previously submitted in accordance with this act. Upon that notification, the department of state police shall immediately notify the department and the department shall immediately contact the respective child care organization with which that individual is associated. Except for child placing agencies and child caring institutions, the criminal history record information must only be released to the individual to whom the criminal history record information pertains. Information in the database retained under this section is confidential, is not subject to disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, and must not be disclosed to any person except for purposes of this act or for law enforcement purposes.
(2) When the department of state police is able to participate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's automatic notification system similar to the system administered by the department of state police under subsection (1), all fingerprints submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation may be stored and retained. When a subsequent criminal arrest fingerprint card submitted into the system matches a set of fingerprints for an individual retained in accordance with this act, the department of state police shall immediately notify the department. The department shall immediately contact the child care organization with which the individual is associated if a conviction results from the arrest. Except for child placing agencies and child caring institutions, the criminal history record information must only be released to the individual to whom the criminal history record information pertains.
History: Add. 2007, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 256, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Jan. 27, 2020
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