(1) Each county department shall require each protective services employee hired on or after May 29, 2012, to complete a fingerprint-based criminal history record check utilizing the records of the Colorado bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation. The employee shall pay the cost of the fingerprint-based criminal history record check unless the county department chooses to pay the cost. Upon completion of the fingerprint-based criminal history record check, the Colorado bureau of investigation shall forward the results to the county department. The county department shall require a name-based judicial record check, as defined in section 22-2-119.3(6)(d), for an applicant or an employee when the results of a fingerprint-based criminal history record check performed pursuant to this section reveal a record of arrest without a disposition.(2) For each adult protective services employee hired on or after January 1, 2019, each county department shall conduct a CAPS check to determine if the person is substantiated in a case of mistreatment of an at-risk adult. The county department shall conduct the CAPS check pursuant to state department rules.Amended by 2022 check to determine if the person is substantiated in a case of mistreatment of an at-risk adult. The county department shall conduct the CAPS check pursuant to state department rules.Amended by 2022 Ch. 114,§45, eff. 4/21/2022.Amended by 2019 Ch. 125,§42, eff. 4/18/2019.Amended by 2017 Ch. 272,§4, eff. 5/30/2017.L. 2012: Entire part amended, (SB 12-078), ch. 998, p. 998, § 1, effective May 29. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1284), ch. 1498, p. 1498, § 4, effective May 31. L. 2019: (1) amended, (HB 19-1166), ch. 554, p. 554, § 42, effective April 18.
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