training, supervision, counseling, consultation, or medication assistance to persons served by the program. Subd. 12. License. “License” has the meaning given in section 245A.02, subdivision 8. Subd. 13. License holder. “License holder” has the meaning given in section 245A.02, subdivision 9. Subd. 13a. NETStudy. “NETStudy” means the commissioner’s online system implemented in July 2004 and used by entities for submitting background study requests required under this chapter. Subd. 13b. NETStudy 2.0. “NETStudy 2.0” means the commissioner’s system that replaces both NETStudy and the department’s internal background study processing system. NETStudy 2.0 is designed to enhance protection of children and vulnerable adults by improving the accuracy of background studies through fingerprint-based criminal record checks and expanding the background studies to include a review of information from the Minnesota Court Information System and the national crime information database. NETStudy 2.0 is also designed to increase efficiencies in and the speed of the hiring process by: (1) providing access to and updates from public Web-based data related to employment eligibility; (2) decreasing the need for repeat studies through electronic updates of background study subjects’ criminal records; (3) supporting identity verification using subjects’ Social Security numbers and photographs; (4) using electronic employer notifications; and (5) issuing immediate verification of subjects’ eligibility to provide services as more studies are completed under the NETStudy 2.0 system. Subd. 14. Person. “Person” means a child as defined in subdivision 6 or an adult as defined in section 245A.02, subdivision 2. Subd. 14a. Private agency. “Private agency” has the meaning given in section 245A.02, subdivision 12. Subd. 15. Reasonable cause. “Reasonable cause” means information or circumstances exist which provide the commissioner with articulable suspicion that further pertinent information may exist concerning a subject. The commissioner has reasonable cause when, but not limited to, the commissioner has received a report from the subject, the license holder, or a third party indicating that the subject has a history that would disqualify the individual or that may pose a risk to the health or safety of persons receiving services. Subd. 16. Recurring maltreatment. “Recurring maltreatment” means more than one incident of maltreatment for which there is a preponderance of evidence that the maltreatment occurred and that the subject was responsible for the maltreatment. Subd. 17. [Repealed, 2004 c 288 art 1 s 83] Subd. 17a. Roster. (a) “Roster” means the electronic method used to identify the
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