Verificación de antecedentes criminales para cuidadores de niños y ancianos

Explicación Simple

Esta ley ayuda a asegurarse de que las personas que cuidan a niños, ancianos o personas con discapacidades no tengan antecedentes criminales. Antes de que un negocio pueda chequear el pasado de un cuidador, este debe dar su huella dactilar y completar un formulario que pregunta sobre su historial criminal.

Es como si una escuela revisara las calificaciones de un maestro antes de contratarlo, para asegurarse de que sea adecuado para enseñar a los niños.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que María quiere ser voluntaria en una organización que cuida a ancianos. Antes de que la organización pueda verificar su historial criminal, María debe hacerse un examen de huellas dactilares y firmar un documento que declare si ha tenido problemas con la ley.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

"Provider" means a person who (i) is employed by a qualified entity and has, seeks to have, or may have unsupervised access to a child or to an elderly or disabled person to whom the qualified entity provides care; (ii) is a volunteer of a qualified entity and has, seeks to have, or may have unsupervised access to a child to whom the qualified entity provides care; or (iii) owns, operates, or seeks to own or operate a qualified entity. "Qualified entity" means a business or organization that provides care to children or the elderly or disabled, whether governmental, private, for profit, nonprofit, or voluntary, except organizations exempt pursuant to subdivision A 7 of § 22.1-289.030 . B. A qualified entity may request the Department of State Police to conduct a national criminal background check on any provider who is employed by such entity. No qualified entity may request a national criminal background check on a provider until such provider has: 1. Been fingerprinted; and 2. Completed and signed a statement, furnished by the entity, that includes (i) his name, address, and date of birth as it appears on a valid identification document; (ii) a disclosure of whether or not the provider has ever been convicted of or is the subject of pending charges for a criminal offense within or outside the Commonwealth, and if the provider has been convicted of a crime, a description of the crime and the particulars of the conviction; (iii) a notice to the provider that the entity may request a background check; (iv) a notice to the provider that he is entitled to obtain a copy of any background check report, to challenge the accuracy and completeness of any information contained in any such report, and to obtain a prompt determination as to the validity of such challenge before a