Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.8201 - Comprehensive background check; fingerprinting

Rule 201.

(1) Pursuant to sections 5n and 5q of the act, MCL 722.115n and 722.115q, before an individual has unsupervised contact with children, the department shall determine the individual's eligibility to be any of the following:
(a) A licensee.
(b) A licensee designee.
(c) A child care staff member.
(d) An unsupervised volunteer.
(2) An applicant or licensee shall do all of the following:
(a) Ensure that each individual who requires an eligibility determination completes, signs, and submits all of the information required in subrule (5) of this rule, and in subrule (6) of this rule if applicable, on a form prescribed by the department.
(b) Maintain on file at the center or the central office, a copy of the completed and signed form or forms for each individual entered into the child care background check system under the license.
(c) Provide to the department, on request, a copy of the individual's completed and signed form or forms.
(d) Establish and activate an account and accurately enroll each individual listed in subrule (1) of this rule in the child care background check system.
(e) Complete and maintain the connection, disconnection, or withdrawn status of each individual associated with the license within the department's child care background check system.
(f) Immediately disconnect each individual within the department's child care background check system once the individual is no longer a licensee, licensee designee, child care staff member, or an unsupervised volunteer under the license.
(3) An individual may serve as a child care staff member pending an eligibility determination by the department pursuant to sections 5n(8) and 5q of the act, MCL 722.115n and 722.115q, and shall always be supervised by the licensee or an eligible child care staff member.
(4) For an individual who is determined ineligible by the department, a licensee shall immediately do all of the following:
(a) Prohibit the individual from being on the premises of the child care center.
(b) Prohibit the individual from having any contact with children in care.
(c) Disconnect the individual from the child care background check system.
(5) An individual who requires a comprehensive background check pursuant to sections 5n and 5q of the act, MCL 722.115n and 722.115q, shall submit to the department, on a form prescribed by the department, all personally identifiable information necessary to conduct the comprehensive background check, including all of the following:
(a) Full legal name.
(b) All other names used in the past, including any maiden name or alias, the approximate date the other name was used, and the reason for the name change.
(c) Suffix, if applicable.
(d) Social Security number.
(e) Date of birth.
(f) Place of birth.
(g) Country of citizenship.
(h) Height.
(i) Weight.
(j) Hair color.
(k) Eye color.
(l) Gender.
(m) Race.
(n) Current address.
(o) If the individual resided outside this state during the last 5 years, provide each of those addresses.
(p) Driver's license identification number and state issuing the license or a state identification number and state issuing it, if available.
(q) Phone number.
(r) Email address, if available.
(s) Other information determined reasonably necessary by the department to determine the eligibility of the individual based on a name-based registry match.
(6) The department shall maintain the confidentiality of all personally identifiable information submitted pursuant to this rule to the extent allowed by law.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.8201
2025 MR 10, Eff. 5/7/2025

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