New Regulations in Kentucky to Safeguard Vulnerable Populations
Fingerprinting Express2020-04-20T18:44:41-07:00On Nov. 20, 2015, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear signed emergency regulations requiring health care providers to obtain national criminal background checks on new employees and other individuals who provide direct one-on-one care to elderly residents or patrons in order to renew the facility’s license to operate in the state. More than 1,300 providers will be required to obtain national criminal background checks for new employees. According to Gov. Beshear, the regulation is based on a federal law allowing national criminal background checks and will ensure thorough tracking of the histories of perpetrators of crimes against vulnerable populations, whether it occurred in the state of Kentucky or elsewhere across the United States. Kentucky previously only required name-based background checks, which [...]