Part 385 - BACKGROUND CHECKS

  1. § 385.10 - Purpose
  2. § 385.20 - Definitions
  3. § 385.30 - Applicability of This Part
  4. § 385.40 - Authorization for Background Checks
  5. § 385.50 - Child Abuse or Child Neglect
  6. § 385.60 - Criminal Convictions and Pending Criminal Charges
  7. § 385.70 - Disposition of Background Checks
  8. § 385.80 - Appeal of Decision to Deny License or Permit Based on Background Check Information
  9. § 385.90 - Records to be Maintained by the Child Care Facility
  10. § 385.100 - Confidentiality of Background Check Information
  11. § 385.110 - Severability of This Part
  12. Appendix A - Criminal Convictions Preventing Licensure, Employment, Residence in a Family Home in Which a Child Care Facility Operates, or Placement with Relatives, version 13
  13. Appendix B - Matrix of Persons Subject to Background Checks Under Part 385 (Repealed), version 7

Notes

Emergency rules adopted at 10 Ill. Reg. 19123, effective October 29, 1986, for a maximum of 150 days; adopted at 11 Ill. Reg. 6398, effective March 31, 1987; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 5917, effective May 1, 1989; emergency amendment at 20 Ill. Reg. 3930, effective March 1, 1996, for a maximum of 150 days; modified in response to Joint Committee on Administrative Rules objection at 20 Ill. Reg. 5712; emergency expired July 28, 1996; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 4444, effective April 1, 1997; emergency amendment at 28 Ill. Reg. 1167, effective January 1, 2004, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired May 29, 2004; amended at 28 Ill. Reg. 13432, effective September 30, 2004; amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 4117, effective February 27, 2009; amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 2136, effective January 30, 2012; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 12827, effective July 30, 2013.

 Amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 5384, effective 3/25/2015. Amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 12963, effective 9/28/2021.

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by the Child Care Act of 1969 [225 ILCS 10]; Section 5(a)(3)(A) and (F) and (v) of the Children and Family Services Act [20 ILCS 505/5(a)(3)(A) and (F) and (v)]; and Section 55a(34) of the Civil Administrative Code [20 ILCS 2605/55a(34)] Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (P.L. 109-248).

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