26-8A-12.3. Central registry check of kinship, foster care, adoption, and child welfare agency employment applicants.
Upon the receipt of a written request from a licensed child welfare agency or a private child welfare agency whose licensure has been waived pursuant to §26-6-9, the Department of Social Services shall conduct a check of the central registry for child abuse and neglect for kinship, foster care, adoption, or employment applicants and shall provide the results to the requesting agency. Further, upon written request from an agency that provides child welfare services or child placement services for a federally recognized tribe, the department shall conduct a check of the central registry for child abuse and neglect for kinship, foster care, or adoption applicants and shall provide the results to the requesting tribal agency. Before the department conducts any check of the central registry for child abuse and neglect pursuant to this section, the requesting agency shall provide to the department a consent signed by the applicant for kinship, foster care, adoption, or employment.
Source: SL 2007, ch 165, §2; SL 2016, ch 144, §2.