Subd. 9. Community first services and supports organizations. (a) The commissioner shall conduct a background study of an individual required to be studied under section 245C.03, subdivision 9, at least upon application for initial enrollment under section 256B.85. (b) Before an individual described in section 245C.03, subdivision 9, begins a position allowing direct contact with a person served by an organization required to initiate a background study under section 256B.85, the organization must receive a notice from the commissioner that the support worker is: (1) not disqualified under section 245C.14; or (2) disqualified, but the individual has received a set-aside of the disqualification under section 245C.22. Subd. 10. Child protection workers or social services staff having responsibility for child protective duties. The commissioner shall conduct background studies of employees of county social services and local welfare agencies having responsibility for child protection duties when the background study is initiated according to section 626.559, subdivision 1b. 245C.05 BACKGROUND STUDY; INFORMATION AND DATA PROVIDED TO COMMISSIONER. Subdivision 1. Individual studied. (a) The individual who is the subject of the background study must provide the applicant, license holder, or other entity under section 245C.04 with sufficient information to ensure an accurate study, including: (1) the individual’s first, middle, and last name and all other names by which the individual has been known; (2) current home address, city, and state of residence; (3) current zip code; (4) sex; (5) date of birth; (6) driver’s license number or state identification number; and (7) upon implementation of NETStudy 2.0, the home address, city, county, and state of residence for the past five years. (b) Every subject of a background study conducted or initiated by counties or private agencies under this chapter must also provide the home address, city, county, and state of residence for the past five years. (c) Every subject of a background study related to private agency adoptions or related to child foster care licensed through a private agency, who is 18 years of age or older, shall also provide the commissioner a signed consent for the release of any information received from national crime information databases to the private agency that initiated the background study. (d) The subject of a background study shall provide fingerprints and a photograph as required in subdivision 5.
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