{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-199.8965","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 199.8965","heading":"Child care staff members  must submit to background  checks in","body":"accordance  with federal law and regulations -- Administrative regulations.\n(1) For the purposes of this section, \"child care staff member\"  has the same\nmeaning as in 42 U.S.C. sec. 9858f and the implementing federal rules.\n(2) The  cabinet shall require a child care staff member  to submit to background\nchecks in accordance with 42 U.S.C. sec. 9858f and the implementing federal\nrules, including national and state fingerprint-supported criminal background\nchecks by the Department of Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of\nInvestigation.\n(3) The  child care staff member  shall provide the member's fingerprints to the\nDepartment of Kentucky State Police for submission to the Federal Bureau of\nInvestigation after a state criminal background check is conducted.\n(4) The results of the national and state criminal background checks shall be sent\nto the cabinet.\n(5) The cabinet may register a child care staff member  in the rap back system.\n(6) The  request for background checks shall be in a manner approved by the\nJustice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the cabinet may charge a fee to be paid\nby a child care staff member  for the actual cost of processing the request.\n(7) Any  fee charged by the Department of Kentucky State Police or the Federal\nBureau of Investigation shall be an amount no greater than the actual cost of\nprocessing the request and conducting the criminal background check and rap\nback system ongoing status notification.\n(8) The  cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with\nKRS  Chapter 13A to implement this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 199"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=45607","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:55Z","sha256":"0fe9214deb0232abc9003acb40d8ec3640b4b289aa9397b64373e38e6ddc2908","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-199.8962","next":"us-ky/krs-199.8966"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}