210.903. Family care safety registry and access line established, contents.

Family care safety registry and access line established, contents.

210.903. 1. To protect children, the elderly, the disabled,including the developmentally disabled individuals in this state, and topromote family and community safety by providing information concerningfamily caregivers, there is hereby established within the department ofhealth and senior services a "Family Care Safety Registry and Access Line"which shall be available by January 1, 2001.

2. The family care safety registry shall contain information onchild-care workers', elder-care workers', mental health workers', andpersonal-care workers' background and on child-care, elder-care, mentalhealth, and personal-care providers through:

(1) The patrol's criminal record check system pursuant to section43.540, RSMo, including state and national information, to the extentpossible;

(2) Probable cause findings of abuse and neglect prior to August 28,2004, or findings of abuse and neglect by a preponderance of the evidenceafter August 28, 2004, pursuant to sections 210.109 to 210.183 and, as ofJanuary 1, 2003, financial exploitation of the elderly or disabled,pursuant to section 570.145, RSMo;

(3) The division of aging's employee disqualification list pursuantto section 660.315, RSMo;

(4) As of January 1, 2003, the department of mental health's employeedisqualification registry;

(5) Foster parent licensure denials, revocations and involuntarysuspensions pursuant to section 210.496;

(6) Child-care facility license denials, revocations and suspensionspursuant to sections 210.201 to 210.259;

(7) Residential living facility and nursing home license denials,revocations, suspensions and probationary status pursuant to chapter 198,RSMo; and

(8) As of January 1, 2004, a check of the patrol's Missouri uniformlaw enforcement system (MULES) for sexual offender registrations pursuantto section 589.400, RSMo.

(L. 1999 H.B. 490 & H.B. 308 § 4, A.L. 2001 S.B. 48, A.L. 2003 S.B. 184, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1453, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1081)