6344.1 - Information relating to family day-care home residents.
§ 6344.1. Information relating to family day-care home residents. (a) General rule.--In addition to the requirements of section 6344 (relating to information relating to prospective child-care personnel), an individual who applies to the department for a registration certificate to operate a family day-care home shall include criminal history record and child abuse record information required under section 6344(b) for every individual 18 years of age or older who resides in the home for at least 30 days in a calendar year. (b) Required information.--Child abuse record information required under subsection (a) shall include certification by the department as to whether the applicant is named in the central register as the perpetrator of a founded report, indicated report, founded report for school employee or indicated report for school employee. (c) Effect on registration.--The department shall refuse to issue or renew a registration certificate or shall revoke a registration certificate if the family day-care home provider or individual 18 years of age or older who has resided in the home for at least 30 days in a calendar year: (1) is named in the central register on child abuse established under Chapter 63 (relating to child protective services) as the perpetrator of a founded report committed within the immediately preceding five-year period; or (2) has been convicted of an offense enumerated in section 6344(c). (d) Regulations.--The department shall promulgate regulations to administer this section. (Nov. 29, 2006, P.L.1581, No.179, eff. 180 days) 2006 Amendment. Act 179 added section 6344.1.