N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 16.33: Review of criminal history information concerning certain prospective employees

§ 16.33 Review of criminal history information concerning certain

prospective employees.

(a) Every provider of services who contracts with or is approved or

otherwise authorized by the office to provide services, except (1) a

department facility, (2) a hospital as defined in article twenty-eight

of the public health law, or (3) a licensed professional under title

eight of the education law who does not have employees or volunteers who

will have regular and substantial unsupervised or unrestricted physical

contact with the clients of such provider, and every applicant to be

such a provider of services except (i) a department facility, (ii) a

hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of the public health law, or

(iii) a licensed professional under title eight of the education law and

who does not have employees or volunteers who will have regular and

substantial unsupervised or unrestricted physical contact with the

clients of such provider, shall request that the justice center for the

protection of people with special needs check, and upon such request

such justice center shall request and shall be authorized to receive

from the division of criminal justice services criminal history

information, as such phrase is defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision

one of section eight hundred forty-five-b of the executive law,

concerning each (A) prospective operator, employee or volunteer of such

provider who will have regular and substantial unsupervised or

unrestricted physical contact with the clients of such provider, or (B)

other person over the age of eighteen who is to reside in a family care

home, except any person receiving family care services, who will have

regular and substantial unsupervised or unrestricted physical contact

with the clients of such provider. For purposes of this section,

"operator" shall include any natural person with an ownership interest

in the provider of services.

(b) Access to and the use of such information shall be governed by the

provisions of section eight hundred forty-five-b of the executive law.