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Alaska Statutes.

Title 47. Welfare, Social Services and Institutions

Chapter 33. Assisted Living Homes

Section 100. Criminal Background Check For Employees.

AS 47.33.100. Criminal Background Check For Employees.

(a) An assisted living home may not employ an individual in a paid position that the applicable licensing agency has determined is covered by this section, according to its regulations, unless the individual, before beginning employment,

(1) provides to the home a sworn statement as to whether the individual has been convicted of an offense described in (c) of this section; and

(2) provides to the home the results of a name-check criminal background investigation that was completed by the Department of Public Safety no more than 30 days before the individual is hired; and

(3) submits to the home two full sets of the individual's fingerprints.

(b) Within 30 days after employing an individual in a paid position, an assisted living home shall submit to the Department of Public Safety the fingerprints obtained under (a)(3) of this section. The Department of Public Safety shall submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. When the results are received, the department shall advise the home of

(1) the date on which the fingerprint background check was completed; and

(2) whether the check shows that the individual has committed an offense described in (c) of this section.

(c) An assisted living home may not hire or retain an employee who has been convicted of an offense listed in the regulations of the applicable licensing agency as being an offense covered by this section.

Article 02. RESIDENCY; ASSISTED LIVING PLANS

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