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* § 36.06 Review of criminal history information. (a) The justice center for the protection of people with special needs and the office of addiction services and supports shall be authorized to jointly receive from the division of criminal justice services criminal history information, as such term is defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section eight hundred forty-five-b of the executive law, pursuant to the authority provided under sections 19.20, 19.20-a, and 31.35 of this chapter to facilitate a single process to review such criminal history of and make a suitability determination for applicants to be providers of services and prospective employees or volunteers who will have regular and substantial unsupervised or unrestricted physical contact with the clients of a provider licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized under this article, in accordance with policies and procedures developed jointly by the justice center for the protection of people with special needs and the office of addiction services and supports, in consultation with the office of mental health. (b) The justice center for the protection of people with special needs and the office of addiction

and the office of addiction services and supports, in consultation with the office of mental health. (b) The justice center for the protection of people with special needs and the office of addiction services and supports shall be authorized to jointly adopt a single process to review the criminal history of and make a suitability determination for applicants to be providers of services under both articles thirty-one and thirty-two of this title, and prospective employees or volunteers who will have regular and substantial unsupervised or unrestricted physical contact with the clients of such provider and shall be authorized to jointly receive criminal history information, as such term is defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section eight hundred forty-five-b of the executive law from the division of criminal justice services. * NB Effective November 3, 2023