<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951d000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:42:17:13"><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000000">67:42:17:13</span></a><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000001">.  Background check.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0"> </span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">All child care providers, program employees age fourteen and older, and family day care household members age eighteen and older, shall meet federal background check requirements. An individual may not provide care, or work in a child care setting, if the individual's background check reveals</span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">(1)  </span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">A crime that indicates harmful behavior towards children</span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    (2)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">A crime of violence, as defined in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-1-2"><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000003">22-1-2</span></a><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">, or in a similar statute from another state</span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    (3)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">A sex crime pursuant to SDCL chapters </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-22"><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000003">22-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-24A"><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000003">22-24A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-22"><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000003">22-22</span></a><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">A-3, or similar statutes from another state</span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    (4)  </span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">A felony conviction for domestic abuse, physical assault, battery, kidnapping, or arson</span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    (5)  </span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">Any other felony conviction, within the preceding five years; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    (6)  </span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">A substantiated report of child abuse or neglect</span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    </span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">A family day care provider may not provide care in the provider's home, if any household member s background check reveals any item listed in this section</span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    </span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">A background check is required at least once every five years</span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    </span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0"> </span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">49 SDR 124, effective July 3, 2023</span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    </span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-16"><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000003">26-6-16</span></a><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    </span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-16"><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000003">26-6-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">(6)(10), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-23.2"><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000003">26-6-23.2</span></a><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    </span><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000001">Cross-References:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    Substantiated reports, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:14:39:04"><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0-000003">67:14:39:04</span></a><span class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dC0">    Criminal background checks, 45 C.F.R. § 98.43(a)(1)(i).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb755ff5d-ab44-4191-b097-d81c6ce7951d000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>