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As Passed by the Senate
123rd General Assembly
Regular Session
1999-2000 | Am. S. B. No. 187 |
SENATORS JOHNSON-WHITE-CUPP-WATTS-LATTA-SPADA-CARNES-RAY-
HOTTINGER-ARMBRUSTER-MUMPER-WACHTMANN-KEARNS-HORN-GARDNER-
BLESSING-NEIN-DRAKE-OELSLAGER-SCHAFRATH-ESPY-LATELL-
DiDONATO-HAGAN
A BILL
To amend sections 109.57 and 109.572 and to enact section
109.574 of the Revised Code to provide, upon the request of a
child's parent or guardian, for BCII criminal records
checks regarding any person who is an employee or
volunteer of a specified type of institution, organization, or
local government entity that provides specified services to children and who
regularly has unsupervised access to a child.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 109.57 and 109.572 be amended and
section 109.574 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as
follows:
Sec. 109.57. (A)(1) The superintendent of the bureau of
criminal identification and investigation shall procure from wherever
procurable and file
for record photographs, pictures, descriptions, fingerprints,
measurements, and other information that may be pertinent of
all persons who have been convicted of committing within this state a
felony, any crime
constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent
offenses, or any misdemeanor described in division
(A)(1)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, of all
children under eighteen years of age who have been adjudicated
delinquent children for committing within this state an act that would
be a felony or
an offense of violence if committed by an adult or who have been
convicted of
or pleaded guilty to committing within this state a felony or an offense
of violence, and of all
well-known and habitual criminals. The person
in charge of any
county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or
multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based correctional
facility, halfway house, alternative residential facility, or
state correctional institution and the person in
charge of any state institution having custody of a person
suspected of having committed a felony, any crime constituting
a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses,
or any misdemeanor described in division (A)(1)(a)
of section 109.572 of the Revised Code or having custody of a child
under eighteen years of age with respect to whom there is
probable
cause to believe that the child may have committed an act that would
be a felony or
an offense of violence if committed by an adult shall furnish such
material
to the superintendent of
the bureau. Fingerprints, photographs, or other
descriptive information of a child who is under eighteen years of age,
has not been arrested or otherwise taken into custody for committing an act
that would be a felony or an offense of
violence if committed by an adult, has not
been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act
that would be a felony or an offense of violence
if committed by an adult, has not been convicted of
or pleaded guilty to committing a
felony or an
offense of violence, and is not a child with respect to whom there is
probable cause to
believe that the child may have committed an act
that would be a felony or
an offense of violence if committed by an adult
shall not be procured by the superintendent or furnished by any
person in charge of any
county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or
multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based correctional
facility, halfway house, alternative residential facility, or
state correctional institution, except as
authorized in section 2151.313 of the Revised Code.
(2) Every clerk of a
court of record in this state, other than the
supreme court or a court of appeals, shall send to the
superintendent of
the bureau a weekly report containing a summary of each case
involving a felony, involving any crime constituting a
misdemeanor on the
first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, involving a misdemeanor
described in division (A)(1)(a) of section 109.572
of the Revised Code, or involving an
adjudication in a case in which a child under eighteen years of age was
alleged to be a delinquent
child
for committing an act that would be a
felony or an offense of violence if committed by
an adult. The clerk
of the court of common pleas shall include in the report and summary the clerk
sends under this division all information described in divisions
(A)(2)(a) to (f) of this section
regarding a case before the court of appeals that is served by that
clerk. The summary shall be written on the standard forms
furnished by the
superintendent pursuant to division (B) of this section and shall
include the following information:
(a) The incident tracking number contained on the standard forms
furnished by the superintendent pursuant to division (B) of this
section;
(b) The style and number of the case;
(c) The date of arrest;
(d) The date that the person was convicted of or pleaded guilty
to the offense, adjudicated a delinquent child for committing the act that
would be
a felony or an
offense of violence if committed by an adult, found not guilty of the
offense, or found not to be a delinquent child for committing an act that
would be a
felony or an
offense of violence if committed by an adult, the date of an entry
dismissing
the charge, an entry declaring a mistrial of the offense in which the person
is discharged, an entry finding that the person or child is not competent to
stand trial, or an entry of a nolle prosequi, or the date of any other
determination that constitutes final resolution of the case;
(e) A statement of the original charge with the section of the Revised Code
that was alleged to be violated;
(f) If the person or child was convicted, pleaded guilty, or was
adjudicated a delinquent child, the sentence or
terms of probation imposed or any other disposition of the
offender or the delinquent child.
If the offense involved the disarming of a law enforcement officer or an
attempt to disarm a law enforcement officer, the clerk shall
clearly state that fact in the summary, and the superintendent shall ensure
that a clear statement of that fact is placed in the bureau's records.
(3) The superintendent shall cooperate with and assist
sheriffs,
chiefs of police, and other law enforcement officers in the establishment of
a complete system of criminal identification and in obtaining
fingerprints and other means of identification of all persons
arrested on a charge of a felony, any crime constituting a
misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent
offenses, or a misdemeanor described in division
(A)(1)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and of all children
under
eighteen years of age arrested or otherwise taken into custody for committing
an act that would
be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult.
The
superintendent also shall file for record the
fingerprint impressions of all persons confined in a county, multicounty,
municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse,
community-based correctional facility, halfway house,
alternative residential facility, or state correctional institution for
the violation of state
laws and of all children under
eighteen years of age who
are confined in a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or
multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based
correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential facility, or
state correctional
institution or in any
facility for delinquent children for committing an act
that would be a felony or
an offense of violence if committed by an adult, and any other
information
that the superintendent may receive from law enforcement
officials of the state and its political subdivisions.
(4) The superintendent shall carry out Chapter 2950. of
the
Revised Code with respect to the registration of
persons who are convicted of or plead guilty
to a sexually oriented offense and with respect to all other duties imposed on
the bureau under that chapter.
(B) The superintendent shall prepare and furnish to every
county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or
multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based correctional
facility, halfway house, alternative residential facility, or
state correctional institution and to every clerk of a court in this
state specified in division (A)(2) of this
section standard forms for reporting the information required
under division (A) of this
section. The standard forms that the superintendent prepares pursuant to
this division may be in a tangible format, in an electronic format, or in both
tangible formats and electronic formats.
(C) The superintendent may operate a center for
electronic, automated, or other data processing for the storage
and retrieval of information, data, and statistics pertaining to
criminals and to children under eighteen years of age who are adjudicated
delinquent children for committing an
act that would be a felony or an offense of
violence if committed by an adult, criminal activity, crime prevention,
law
enforcement,
and criminal justice, and may establish and operate a statewide
communications network to gather and disseminate information,
data, and statistics for the use of law enforcement agencies. The
superintendent may gather, store, retrieve, and
disseminate information, data, and statistics that pertain to children who are
under eighteen years of age and that are gathered pursuant to sections 109.57
to 109.61 of the Revised Code together with information, data, and
statistics that pertain to adults and that are gathered pursuant to those
sections.
(D) The information and materials furnished to the
superintendent pursuant to division (A) of this section and
information and materials furnished to any board or person under
division (F) or (G) of this section are not public records under section
149.43 of the Revised Code.
(E) The attorney general shall adopt rules, in accordance
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, setting forth the
procedure by which a person may receive or release information
gathered by the superintendent pursuant to
division (A) of this
section. A reasonable fee may be charged for this service. If a
temporary employment service submits a request for a determination
of whether a person the service plans to refer to an employment
position has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense
listed in division (A)(1), (3), (4), or (5) of section 109.572
of the Revised Code, the request shall be treated as a single
request and only one fee shall be charged.
(F)(1) As used in division (F)(2) of this section, "head
start agency" means an entity in this state that has been
approved to be an agency for purposes of subchapter II of the
"Community Economic Development Act," 95 Stat. 489 (1981), 42
U.S.C.A. 9831, as amended.
(2)(a) In addition to or in conjunction with any request that
is required to be made under section 109.572, 2151.86, 3301.32,
3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881, 5104.012, 5104.013, 5126.28,
5126.281, or 5153.111 of the Revised Code, the board of education
of any school district; any county board of mental retardation
and developmental disabilities; any entity under contract with a
county board of mental retardation and developmental
disabilities; the chief administrator of any chartered nonpublic
school; the chief administrator of any home health agency;
the chief administrator of or person operating any child
day-care center, type A family day-care home, or type B family
day-care home licensed or certified under Chapter 5104. of the
Revised Code; the administrator of any type C family day-care
home certified pursuant to Section 1 of Sub. H.B. 62 of the 121st
general assembly or Section 5 of Am. Sub. S.B. 160 of the 121st
general assembly; the chief administrator of any head start agency;
or the executive director of a public children services agency
may request that the superintendent of the bureau investigate and
determine, with respect to any individual who has applied for
employment in any position after October 2, 1989, or any individual
wishing to apply for employment with a board of education may
request, with regard to the
individual, whether the bureau has any
information gathered under division (A) of this section that
pertains to that individual. On receipt of the request, the
superintendent shall determine whether that information exists
and, upon request of the person, board, or entity requesting
information, also shall request from the federal bureau of
investigation any criminal records it has pertaining to that
individual. Within thirty days of the date that the superintendent
receives a
request, the superintendent shall send to the board, entity, or
person a report of any information that the superintendent
determines exists,
including information contained in records that have been sealed
under section 2953.32 of the Revised Code, and, within thirty
days of its receipt, shall send the board, entity, or person a
report of any information received from the federal
bureau of investigation, other than information the dissemination
of which is prohibited by federal law.
(b) When a board of education is required to receive information
under this section as a prerequisite to employment of an
individual pursuant to section 3319.39 of the Revised Code, it may accept a
certified copy of records that were issued
by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and that are
presented by an individual applying for employment with the
district in lieu of requesting that information itself. In such a case, the
board shall accept the certified copy issued by the bureau in order to make a
photocopy of it for that individual's employment application documents and
shall return the certified copy to the individual. In a case of that nature,
a district only shall
accept a certified copy of records of that nature within one year
after the date of their issuance by the
bureau.
(3) The state board of education may request, with respect
to any individual who has applied for employment after October 2,
1989, in any position with the state board or the department of
education, any information that a school district board of
education is authorized to request under division (F)(2)
of this section, and the
superintendent of the bureau shall proceed as if the request has
been received from a school district board of education under
division (F)(2) of this section.
(4) When the superintendent of the bureau receives a
request for information that is authorized under section 3319.291
of the Revised Code, the superintendent shall proceed as if the
request has been received from a school district board of
education under division (F)(2) of this section.
(5) When a recipient of an OhioReads classroom
or
community reading
grant paid under section 3301.86 or 3301.87 of the Revised
Code
or an entity approved by the OhioReads council
requests, with respect to any individual who applies to participate in
providing any program or service
through an entity approved by the OhioReads council
or
funded in whole or in
part by the grant, the information that a school district board of
education is authorized to request under division
(F)(2)(a) of
this section, the superintendent of the bureau shall proceed as if the
request has HAD been
received from a school district board of education under division
(F)(2)(a) of this section.
(6) WHEN A RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL,
ATHLETIC, OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY
REQUESTS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 109.574 of the Revised Code AND WITH RESPECT TO ANY CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER OF THE INSTITUTION, ORGANIZATION, OR ENTITY AS DESCRIBED
IN THAT SECTION, THE INFORMATION THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION IS
AUTHORIZED TO REQUEST UNDER DIVISION (F)(2)(a) OF
THIS SECTION, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BUREAU SHALL PROCEED AS IF THE REQUEST
HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION UNDER DIVISION
(F)(2)(a) OF THIS SECTION, EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY
PROVIDED OTHERWISE BY SECTION 109.574 of the Revised Code.
(G) In addition to or in conjunction with
any request that is required to be made under section 173.41, 3701.881,
3712.09,
3721.121, or 3722.151 of the Revised
Code with respect to an individual who has applied for employment in
a position that involves providing direct care to an older adult, the chief
administrator of a PASSPORT agency that provides services through the
PASSPORT program created under section 173.40 of the Revised
Code, home health agency,
hospice care program, home licensed under Chapter 3721.
of the Revised Code, adult day-care program
operated pursuant to rules adopted under section 3721.04 of the
Revised Code, or adult care facility
may request that the superintendent of the bureau
investigate and determine, with respect to any individual who has
applied after
January 27, 1997, for employment in a position that
does not involve providing
direct care to an older adult, whether the bureau has any information
gathered under division (A) of this section that pertains
to that individual. On receipt of the request, the
superintendent shall determine whether that information exists
and, on request of the administrator requesting information,
shall also request from the federal bureau of investigation any
criminal records it has pertaining to that individual. Within
thirty days of the date a request is received, the superintendent
shall send to the administrator a report of any
information determined to exist, including information contained
in records that have been sealed under section 2953.32 of the
Revised Code, and, within thirty days of its
receipt, shall send the administrator a report of any
information received from the federal bureau of investigation,
other than information the dissemination of which is prohibited
by federal law.
(H) Information obtained by a board,
administrator, or other person under this section is confidential
and shall not be released or disseminated.
(I) The superintendent may charge a reasonable fee for
providing information or criminal records under division (F)(2)
or (G) of this section.
Sec. 109.572. (A)(1) Upon receipt of a request pursuant
to section 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541, 3319.39, 5104.012, 5104.013, or
5153.111 of the Revised Code, a
completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of this
section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the
manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and
investigation shall conduct a criminal records check in the
manner described in division (B) of this section to determine
whether any information exists that indicates that the person who
is the subject of the request previously has been convicted of or
pleaded guilty to any of the following:
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03,
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34,
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04,
2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21,
2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322,
2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2919.12, 2919.22,
2919.24, 2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03,
2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code, felonious sexual
penetration in violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code, a
violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July
1, 1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of the Revised Code that would have
been a violation of
section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had
the violation been committed prior to that date, or a violation of
section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a minor drug possession
offense;
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, any other
state, or the United States that is substantially equivalent to
any of the offenses listed in division (A)(1)(a) of this section.
(2) On receipt of a request
pursuant to section 5126.28 of the Revised
Code with respect to an
applicant for employment in any position with a county board of
mental retardation and developmental disabilities or pursuant to
section 5126.281 of the Revised
Code with respect to an
applicant for employment in a position with an entity
contracting with a county board for employment in a position
that involves providing service directly to individuals with
mental retardation and developmental disabilities, a completed
form prescribed pursuant to division
(C)(1) of this section, and a
set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner described
in division (C)(2) of this
section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal
records check. The superintendent shall conduct the criminal
records check in the manner described in division
(B) of this section to
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the
person who is the subject of the request has been convicted of
or pleaded guilty to any of the following:
(a) A violation of section 2903.01,
2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16,
2903.21, 2903.34, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.04, 2905.05, 2907.02,
2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09,
2907.12, 2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32,
2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11,
2911.12, 2919.12, 2919.22, 2919.24, 2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13,
2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, or 3716.11 of the
Revised Code;
(b) An existing or former law of this
state, any other state, or the United States that is substantially
equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division
(A)(2)(a) of this section.
(3) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 173.41,
3712.09, 3721.121, or 3722.151 of the
Revised Code, a completed form prescribed
pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of
fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner described in
division (C)(2) of this section, the superintendent of
the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall
conduct a criminal records check with respect to any person who
has applied for employment in
a position that involves providing
direct care to an older adult. The superintendent shall conduct
the criminal records check in the manner described in division
(B) of this section to determine whether any information
exists that indicates that the person who is the subject of the
request previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any
of the following:
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02,
2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21,
2903.34, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.11, 2905.12, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05,
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.12, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32,
2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02,
2911.11, 2911.12, 2911.13, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, 2913.11, 2913.21,
2913.31, 2913.40, 2913.43, 2913.47, 2913.51, 2919.25, 2921.36, 2923.12,
2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02,
2925.03, 2925.11, 2925.13, 2925.22, 2925.23, or 3716.11 of the
Revised Code;
(b) An existing or former law of this state, any
other state, or the United States that is
substantially equivalent to any of the offenses listed in
division (A)(3)(a) of this section.
(4) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 3701.881 of the
Revised Code
with respect to an applicant for employment with a home health agency as a
person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child, a completed
form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of
this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner
described in division (C)(2) of this section,
the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation
shall conduct a criminal records check. The superintendent shall conduct the
criminal records check in the manner described in division
(B) of this section to determine whether any
information exists that indicates that the person who is the subject of the
request previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the
following:
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03,
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34,
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.04, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04,
2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.12, 2907.21,
2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322,
2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2919.12, 2919.22,
2919.24, 2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03,
2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code or
a violation of
section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a minor drug
possession offense;
(b) An existing or former law of this state, any other state, or
the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of
the offenses listed in division (A)(4)(a) of this section.
(5) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 3701.881 of the
Revised Code with respect to an applicant for employment with a home health
agency in a
position that involves providing direct care to an older adult, a completed
form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of
this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner
described in division (C)(2) of this section,
the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation
shall conduct a criminal records check. The superintendent shall conduct the
criminal records check in the manner described in division
(B) of this section to determine whether any
information exists that indicates that the person who is the subject of the
request previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the
following:
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02,
2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21,
2903.34, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.11, 2905.12, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05,
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.12, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32,
2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02,
2911.11, 2911.12, 2911.13, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, 2913.11, 2913.21,
2913.31, 2913.40, 2913.43, 2913.47, 2913.51, 2919.25, 2921.36, 2923.12,
2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02,
2925.03, 2925.11, 2925.13, 2925.22, 2925.23, or 3716.11 of the
Revised Code;
(b) An existing or former law of this state, any other state, or
the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of
the offenses listed in division (A)(5)(a) of this section.
(6) When conducting a criminal records check upon a
request pursuant to section 3319.39 of the Revised Code for an
applicant who is a teacher, the superintendent shall determine
whether any information exists that indicates that the person who
is the subject of the request previously has been convicted of or
pleaded guilty to any offense specified in section 3319.31 of the
Revised Code.
(7) Not later than thirty days after the date the
superintendent receives the
request, completed form, and fingerprint impressions, the
superintendent shall send the person who made the request any
information, other than information the dissemination of which is
prohibited by federal law, the superintendent determines exists with respect
to the person who is the subject of the request that indicates that the person
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to
any offense listed or described in division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), or
(5) of this section. The superintendent
shall send the person who made the request a copy of the
list of offenses
specified in division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this section. If
the request was made under section 3701.881 of the Revised Code with regard to
an applicant who may be both responsible for the care, custody, or control of
a child and involved in providing direct care to an older adult, the
superintendent shall provide
a list of the offenses specified in divisions (A)(4)
and (5) of this section.
(B) The superintendent shall conduct any criminal records
check requested under section 173.41, 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541,
3319.39, 3701.881, 3712.09, 3721.121, 3722.151, 5104.012, 5104.013, 5126.28,
5126.281, or 5153.111 of the Revised Code as follows:
(1) The superintendent shall review or cause to be reviewed any relevant
information gathered and compiled by the bureau under division
(A) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code that relates to the
person who is the subject of the request, including any relevant
information contained in records that have been sealed under
section 2953.32 of the Revised Code;
(2) If the request received by the superintendent asks for information from
the federal bureau of investigation,
the superintendent shall request from the federal bureau of
investigation any information it has with respect to the person
who is the subject of the request and shall review or cause to be
reviewed any information the superintendent receives from that bureau.
(C)(1) The superintendent shall prescribe a form to obtain
the information necessary to conduct a criminal records check
from any person for whom a criminal records check is required by
section 173.41, 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881, 3712.09,
3721.121, 3722.151, 5104.012, 5104.013, 5126.28, 5126.281, or 5153.111
of the Revised Code. THE FORM THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESCRIBES PURSUANT
TO THIS DIVISION MAY BE IN A TANGIBLE FORMAT, IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT, OR IN
BOTH TANGIBLE AND ELECTRONIC FORMATS.
(2) The superintendent shall prescribe standard impression
sheets to obtain the fingerprint impressions of any person for
whom a criminal records check is required by section 173.41, 2151.86,
3301.32, 3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881, 3712.09, 3721.121, 3722.151, 5104.012,
5104.013, 5126.28, 5126.281, or 5153.111
of the Revised Code. Any person for whom a
records check is required by any of those sections shall obtain the
fingerprint impressions at a county sheriff's office, municipal police
department, or any other entity with the ability
to make fingerprint impressions on the standard impression sheets
prescribed by the superintendent. The office, department, or
entity may charge the person a reasonable fee for making the
impressions. THE STANDARD IMPRESSION SHEETS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT
PRESCRIBES
PURSUANT TO THIS DIVISION MAY BE IN A TANGIBLE FORMAT, IN AN ELECTRONIC
FORMAT, OR IN BOTH TANGIBLE AND ELECTRONIC FORMATS.
(3) Subject to division (D) of this section, the
superintendent shall prescribe and charge a reasonable fee for
providing a criminal records check requested under section
173.41, 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881,
3712.09, 3721.121,
3722.151, 5104.012, 5104.013, 5126.28, 5126.281, or 5153.111 of the Revised
Code. The person making a criminal records request under section
173.41, 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881,
3712.09, 3721.121, 3722.151, 5104.012, 5104.013,
5126.28, 5126.281, or
5153.111 of the Revised Code shall pay the fee prescribed pursuant to this
division. A person making a request under section 3701.881 of the Revised
Code for a criminal records check for an applicant who may be both responsible
for the care, custody, or control of a child and involved in providing direct
care to an older adult shall pay one fee for the request.
(D) A determination whether any information exists that
indicates that a person previously has been convicted of or
pleaded guilty to any offense listed or described in division (A)(1)(a)
or (b), (A)(2)(a) or (b), (A)(3)(a) or (b), (A)(4)(a) or (b), or (A)(5)(a) or
(b) of this section that is made by the superintendent with respect
to information considered in a criminal records check in
accordance with this section is valid for the person who is the
subject of the criminal records check for a period of one year
from the date upon which the superintendent makes the
determination. During the period in which the determination in
regard to a person is valid, if another request under this
section is made for a criminal records check for that person, the
superintendent shall provide the information that is the basis
for the superintendent's initial determination at a lower fee than the fee
prescribed for the initial criminal records check.
(E) As used in this section:
(1) "Criminal records check" means any criminal records check conducted by
the superintendent
of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in
accordance with division (B) of this section.
(2) "Minor drug possession offense" has the same meaning as in section
2925.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Older adult" means a person age sixty or older.
Sec. 109.574. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
(1) "CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER" MEANS ANY PERSON WHO,
AT THE TIME IN QUESTION AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PERSON
COMMENCED THE PERSON'S EMPLOYMENT OR VOLUNTEER STATUS PRIOR TO,
ON, OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, IS EMPLOYED ON
A FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME BASIS, OR IS A VOLUNTEER ON A FULL-TIME
OR PART-TIME BASIS, IN ANY POSITION THAT ENABLES THE PERSON ON
A REGULAR BASIS TO HAVE UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO A CHILD.
(2) "CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS
IN SECTION 109.572 of the Revised Code.
(3) "UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO A CHILD" MEANS THAT THE
PERSON IN QUESTION HAS ACCESS TO A CHILD AND THAT EITHER OR BOTH
OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
(a) NO OTHER PERSON OVER EIGHTEEN
YEARS OF AGE IS PRESENT IN THE SAME ROOM WITH THE CHILD, OR, IF
OUTDOORS, NO OTHER PERSON IS WITHIN A THIRTY-YARD
RADIUS OF THE CHILD.
(b) THE PERSON IN QUESTION ESTABLISHES OR ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH A
RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST WITH THE CHILD.
(B)(1)(a) SUBJECT TO DIVISION (G) OF
THIS SECTION, A RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR
SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY
THAT PROVIDES CARE, TREATMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING, INSTRUCTION,
SUPERVISION, OR RECREATION TO CHILDREN SHALL REQUEST THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION AND
INVESTIGATION TO CONDUCT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (F)(6) OF
SECTION 109.57 of the Revised Code, A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK WITH RESPECT
TO ANY CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER OF THE INSTITUTION,
ORGANIZATION, OR ENTITY WHO ON A REGULAR BASIS HAS
UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO A CHILD IF BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
(i) A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD FOR WHOM THE INSTITUTION,
ORGANIZATION, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY PROVIDES SERVICES MAKES A WRITTEN
REQUEST TO THE INSTITUTION, ORGANIZATION, OR ENTITY THAT A CRIMINAL RECORDS
CHECK BE CONDUCTED WITH RESPECT TO THAT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER.
(ii) THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN PAYS THE FEE IDENTIFIED IN DIVISION
(D) OF THIS SECTION.
(b) THE REQUEST FOR A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK THAT A RELIGIOUS,
CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR
ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY IS REQUIRED TO MAKE UNDER
DIVISION (B)(1)(a)OF THIS SECTION SHALL CONSIST OF A
REQUEST FOR
THE INFORMATION A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY REQUEST UNDER
DIVISION (F)(2)(a) OF SECTION 109.57 of the Revised Code
AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE FORM AND STANDARD IMPRESSION SHEET
PRESCRIBED BY THE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION UNDER
DIVISION (C) OF SECTION 109.572 of the Revised Code.
(c) IF THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER IN RELATION TO
WHOM A
REQUEST IS TO BE MADE UNDER DIVISION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION DOES
NOT PRESENT PROOF THAT THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER HAS BEEN A RESIDENT
OF THIS STATE FOR THE
FIVE-YEAR PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE DATE UPON WHICH THE CRIMINAL RECORDS
CHECK IS REQUESTED
OR DOES NOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT WITHIN THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD
THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IN
A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK, THE RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC,
EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ENTITY MAKING THE REQUEST SHALL REQUEST THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT
OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AS PART OF THE
CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK FOR THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER. IF
THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER PRESENTS PROOF THAT THE CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE FOR THAT
FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, THE RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC,
EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY MAY REQUEST THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT OBTAIN
INFORMATION FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AS PART OF
THE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK.
(d)THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION
AND INVESTIGATION SHALL PERFORM A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK REQUESTED UNDER
DIVISION (B)(1)(a) OF THIS SECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
DIVISION (F)(6) OF SECTION 109.57 of the Revised Code.
(2) A RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL,
ATHLETIC, OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY
REQUIRED BY DIVISION (B)(1)(a)OF THIS SECTION TO
REQUEST A CRIMINAL
RECORDS CHECK SHALL PROVIDE TO EACH CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER IN RELATION TO WHOM A REQUEST IS MADE
UNDER DIVISION (B)(1)(a)OF THIS
SECTION FOR A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK A COPY OF THE FORM
PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO DIVISION
(C)(1) OF SECTION 109.572 OF
THE REVISED CODE, PROVIDE TO THAT CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR
VOLUNTEER A STANDARD IMPRESSION
SHEET TO OBTAIN FINGERPRINT IMPRESSIONS PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO
DIVISION (C)(2) OF THAT
SECTION, OBTAIN THE COMPLETED FORM AND IMPRESSION SHEET FROM
THAT CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER, AND FORWARD THE
COMPLETED FORM AND IMPRESSION SHEET TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION AT THE TIME
THE INSTITUTION, ORGANIZATION, OR ENTITY REQUESTS A CRIMINAL
RECORDS CHECK PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B)(1)(a) OF THIS
SECTION WITH
RESPECT TO THAT CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER.
(3) ANY CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WHO RECEIVES
PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B)(2) OF
THIS SECTION A COPY OF THE FORM PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO DIVISION
(C)(1) OF SECTION 109.572 OF
THE REVISED CODE AND A COPY OF AN
IMPRESSION SHEET PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO DIVISION
(C)(2) OF THAT SECTION AND WHO
IS REQUESTED TO COMPLETE THE FORM AND PROVIDE A SET OF
FINGERPRINT IMPRESSIONS SHALL COMPLETE THE FORM OR PROVIDE ALL
OF THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE FORM AND SHALL
PROVIDE THE IMPRESSION SHEET WITH THE IMPRESSIONS OF THE CURRENT
EMPLOYEE'S OR VOLUNTEER'S FINGERPRINTS. IF A CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR
VOLUNTEER, UPON REQUEST, FAILS TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION
NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE FORM OR FAILS TO PROVIDE IMPRESSIONS
OF THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE'S OR VOLUNTEER'S FINGERPRINTS, THE
RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR
SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY
PROMPTLY SHALL REMOVE THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER FROM ANY
POSITION THAT ENABLES THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER ON A
REGULAR BASIS TO HAVE UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO A CHILD.
(C)(1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (C)(3) OF THIS
SECTION, A RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC,
EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT REQUESTS A CRIMINAL RECORDS
CHECK PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION PROMPTLY SHALL REMOVE
THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER IDENTIFIED IN THE REQUEST
FROM ANY POSITION THAT ENABLES THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER
ON A REGULAR BASIS TO HAVE UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO A CHILD IF THE
INFORMATION REQUESTED UNDER THIS SECTION FROM THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL
IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT THE CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF OR PLEADED GUILTY TO
ANY OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES:
(a) ANY OFFENSE UNDER THE LAW OF THIS
STATE THAT IS A FELONY OR ANY OFFENSE UNDER A FORMER LAW OF THIS
STATE THAT WAS A FELONY AT THE TIME IT WAS COMMITTED;
(b) ANY OFFENSE COMMITTED UNDER THE
LAW OF A STATE OTHER THAN THIS STATE OR UNDER THE LAW OF THE
UNITED STATES THAT, IF COMMITTED IN
THIS STATE, WOULD BE A FELONY UNDER THE LAW OF THIS STATE;
(c) ANY SEXUALLY ORIENTED OFFENSE, AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 2950.01 OF THE
REVISED CODE, OTHER THAN A VIOLATION OF SECTION 2905.03
of the Revised Code, COMMITTED UNDER THE LAW
OF THIS STATE, ANOTHER STATE, OR THE
UNITED STATES.
(2) UPON RECEIPT OF A NOTIFICATION OF THE RESULTS OF A CRIMINAL RECORDS
CHECK FROM THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION THAT WAS
REQUESTED PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, THE
RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR
SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY
THAT RECEIVES THE NOTIFICATION PROMPTLY SHALL NOTIFY THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN
WHO REQUESTED THE
CHECK WHETHER THE CHECK SHOWED, OR DID NOT SHOW, THAT THE
CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE CHECK PREVIOUSLY HAS
BEEN CONVICTED OF OR PLEADED GUILTY TO ANY OF THE OFFENSES LISTED IN DIVISION
(C)(1) OF THIS SECTION. IF THE
CHECK SHOWED THAT THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER PREVIOUSLY
HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF OR PLEADED GUILTY TO ONE OR MORE OF THOSE
OFFENSES, THE NOTIFICATION TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN SHALL STATE
THE FACT OF THE CONVICTION OR GUILTY PLEA BUT SHALL NOT
IDENTIFY THE OFFENSE OR OFFENSES.
IF THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WAS HIRED OR ACCEPTED AS A
VOLUNTEER TO THE POSITION THAT ENABLES THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR
VOLUNTEER ON A REGULAR BASIS TO HAVE UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO A
CHILD AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER SATISFYING
APPLICABLE REHABILITATION STANDARDS OR PERSONAL CHARACTER
STANDARDS ADOPTED BY THE APPROPRIATE REGULATORY ENTITY AS
DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (C)(3) OF THIS SECTION, THE NOTIFICATION
ALSO SHALL STATE THAT FACT AND THAT THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF
THE CURRENT OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE FROM THE
POSITION THAT ENABLES THE CURRENT OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE ON A REGULAR
BASIS TO HAVE UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO A CHILD. IF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF
MORE THAN ONE CHILD REQUESTED A CHECK REGARDING THE SAME CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER, THE INSTITUTION, ORGANIZATION, OR ENTITY
SHALL PROVIDE THE NOTIFICATION UNDER THIS DIVISION TO EACH
REQUESTING PARENT OR GUARDIAN. THIS SECTION DOES NOT REQUIRE
THE INSTITUTION, ORGANIZATION, OR ENTITY TO TRANSFER, TERMINATE
THE EMPLOYMENT OR VOLUNTEER STATUS, OR IMPOSE ANY OTHER SANCTION, OTHER THAN
THE SANCTION DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (C)(1) OF THIS SECTION,
AGAINST A CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF A
CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK IF THE CHECK SHOWED THAT THE CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF OR
PLEADED GUILTY TO ONE OR MORE OF THE OFFENSES LISTED IN DIVISION
(C)(1) OF THIS SECTION.
(3) A RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC,
OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT
REQUESTS A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF THIS
SECTION AND THAT RECEIVES INFORMATION FROM THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL
IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION PURSUANT TO THE REQUEST
THAT INDICATES THAT THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER IDENTIFIED
IN THE REQUEST PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF OR PLEADED GUILTY
TO ANY OFFENSE IDENTIFIED IN DIVISION (C)(1) OF THIS SECTION IS
NOT REQUIRED TO REMOVE THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER FROM A POSITION THAT
ENABLES THE CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER ON A REGULAR BASIS TO HAVE UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO A
CHILD IF THE CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WAS HIRED OR ACCEPTED AS A VOLUNTEER FOR
THAT POSITION AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE
SATISFYING APPLICABLE REHABILITATION STANDARDS OR PERSONAL
CHARACTER STANDARDS ADOPTED BY THE APPROPRIATE REGULATORY ENTITY
PURSUANT TO DIVISION (E) OF SECTION 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541,
3319.39, 5104.012, OR 5153.111 of the Revised Code, DIVISION (F)
OF SECTION 173.41, 3701.881, 3712.09, 3721.121, OR 3722.151 of the Revised Code, DIVISION
(G) OF SECTION 5104.013 of the Revised Code, OR DIVISION (M) OF
SECTION 5126.28 of the Revised Code.
(D)(1) A WRITTEN REQUEST
FOR A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK SUBMITTED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN
UNDER DIVISION (B) OF THIS
SECTION MAY IDENTIFY MORE THAN ONE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER
FOR WHOM THE CHECK IS REQUESTED.
(2) IF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD SUBMITS A WRITTEN
REQUEST UNDER DIVISION (B) OF
THIS SECTION FOR A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK OF ANY CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER, THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN, AT THE TIME OF
SUBMITTING THE REQUEST, SHALL PAY TO THE RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE,
SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR
ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO WHICH THE REQUEST WAS
SUBMITTED THE FEE, IF ANY, PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO DIVISION
(I) OF SECTION 109.57 OF
THE REVISED CODE. THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN
SHALL PAY A SEPARATE FEE FOR EACH WRITTEN REQUEST SO SUBMITTED
OR, IF MORE THAN ONE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER IS IDENTIFIED
ON A WRITTEN REQUEST SO SUBMITTED, FOR EACH CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR
VOLUNTEER SO IDENTIFIED ON THE WRITTEN REQUEST. THE RELIGIOUS,
CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR SERVICE
INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO WHICH
THE REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED SHALL FORWARD EACH FEE PAID IN
RELATION TO THE REQUEST TO THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION
AND INVESTIGATION AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE INSTITUTION,
ORGANIZATION, OR ENTITY REQUESTS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
BUREAU, PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, TO CONDUCT
A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK OF THE CURRENT EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEERS
IDENTIFIED IN THE REQUEST.
(E) THE REPORT OF ANY
CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK CONDUCTED BY THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL
IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION
PURSUANT TO A REQUEST MADE UNDER DIVISION
(B) OF THIS SECTION IS NOT A
PUBLIC RECORD FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 149.43 OF THE
REVISED CODE AND SHALL NOT BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR
VOLUNTEER TO WHOM IT PERTAINS, THE RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE,
SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR
ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY REQUESTING THE CRIMINAL
RECORDS CHECK, AND ANY COURT, HEARING OFFICER, OR OTHER
NECESSARY INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN A CASE DEALING WITH THE CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER. THIS DIVISION DOES NOT LIMIT OR RESTRICT
THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION PURSUANT TO DIVISION (C)(2) OR
(G)(2) OF THIS SECTION TO A
PARENT OR GUARDIAN WHO MADE A REQUEST FOR A CRIMINAL RECORDS
CHECK OF THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER.
(F) AT THE TIME OF A PERSON'S INITIAL APPLICATION TO ANY
RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC,
OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
ENTITY FOR APPOINTMENT OR EMPLOYMENT ON A FULL-TIME OR
PART-TIME BASIS, OR AS A VOLUNTEER ON A FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME
BASIS, IN ANY POSITION THAT WILL ENABLE THE PERSON ON A REGULAR
BASIS TO HAVE UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO A CHILD, THE INSTITUTION, ORGANIZATION,
OR ENTITY SHALL INFORM THE PERSON THAT, IF THE PERSON IS
APPOINTED OR EMPLOYED TO OR ACCEPTED AS A VOLUNTEER IN THE
POSITION, THE PERSON SUBSEQUENTLY MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A
SET OF IMPRESSIONS OF THE PERSON'S FINGERPRINTS AND A CRIMINAL
RECORDS CHECK SUBSEQUENTLY MIGHT BE CONDUCTED WITH RESPECT TO THE PERSON IN
ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (B) OF
THIS SECTION. NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SECTION, EACH RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC,
EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT PROVIDES CARE, TREATMENT,
EDUCATION, TRAINING, INSTRUCTION, SUPERVISION, OR RECREATION TO
CHILDREN SHALL NOTIFY EACH CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER THAT
THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER SUBSEQUENTLY MIGHT BE REQUIRED
TO PROVIDE A SET OF IMPRESSIONS OF THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE'S OR VOLUNTEER'S
FINGERPRINTS AND
THAT A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK SUBSEQUENTLY MIGHT BE CONDUCTED WITH RESPECT TO
THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (B) OF
THIS SECTION.
(G)(1) DIVISIONS (B) AND
(C) OF THIS SECTION DO NOT
APPLY REGARDING ANY CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER OF A
RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR
SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY
THAT PROVIDES CARE, TREATMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING, INSTRUCTION,
SUPERVISION, OR RECREATION TO CHILDREN IF, WITHIN THE TWELVE-MONTH
PERIOD PRECEDING THE MAKING OF A REQUEST BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN
FOR A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK OF THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR
VOLUNTEER PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, EITHER OF
THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED:
(a) THE RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE,
SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR
ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY REQUESTED A CRIMINAL
RECORDS CHECK REGARDING THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER UNDER
SECTION 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881, 5104.012,
5104.013, OR 5153.111 OF THE REVISED
CODE, AND THE CRIMINAL RECORDS
CHECK DID NOT REVEAL ANY PRIOR CONVICTION OF OR PLEA OF GUILTY
TO AN OFFENSE LISTED IN DIVISION
(C)(1) OF THIS SECTION.
(b) THE RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE,
SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR SERVICE INSTITUTION OR
ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY REQUESTED A CRIMINAL
RECORDS CHECK REGARDING THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER UNDER
DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, AND THE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK DID NOT
REVEAL ANY PRIOR
CONVICTION OF OR PLEA OF GUILTY TO AN OFFENSE LISTED IN DIVISION
(C)(1) OF THIS SECTION.
(2) IF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD MAKES A WRITTEN
REQUEST PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION FOR A
CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK OF A CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER OF A
RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, OR
SERVICE INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY
THAT PROVIDES CARE, TREATMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING, INSTRUCTION,
SUPERVISION, OR RECREATION TO CHILDREN, AND IF, PURSUANT TO
DIVISION (G)(1) OF THIS SECTION, DIVISIONS (B) AND
(C) OF THIS SECTION DO NOT
APPLY REGARDING THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER, THE
INSTITUTION, ORGANIZATION, OR ENTITY IS NOT REQUIRED TO REQUEST
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION AND
INVESTIGATION TO CONDUCT A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK WITH RESPECT
TO THAT CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER, BUT THE INSTITUTION,
ORGANIZATION, OR ENTITY PROMPTLY SHALL NOTIFY THE PARENT OR
GUARDIAN WHO REQUESTED THE CHECK THAT A PRIOR CHECK CONDUCTED
WITHIN THE PRECEDING TWELVE MONTHS DID NOT SHOW THAT THE CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF OR
PLEADED GUILTY TO ANY OFFENSE LISTED IN DIVISION
(C)(1) OF THIS SECTION.
Section 2. That existing sections 109.57 and 109.572 of the
Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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