Background:

Currently, background checks required by rules 5101:2-12-26, 5101:2-13-26 and 5101:2-14-11 of the Ohio Administrative Code must be updated every four years. The non-conviction statement is required at application for licensure, certification and employment, and is updated annually.

New Policy:

Effective September 29, 2013, Amended Substitute House Bill 59 of the 130th General Assembly amended Section 5104.013 of the Ohio Revised Code. This section now requires that background checks be updated every five years to align with teacher licensure issued through the Ohio Department of Education. The requirements for the non-conviction statement are not changing.

Implementation:

All background checks dated before September 29, 2009 must be updated every four years from the date the check was completed. Background checks dated on or after September 29, 2009 must be updated every five years from the date the check was completed.

Please contact the Office of Family Assistance, Child Care Policy Help Desk at 1-877-302-2347, option 4, your licensing specialist, or your county department of job and family services if you have questions regarding these changes. The electronic versions of the child care manuals are located at: http://emanuals.jfs.ohio.gov.

INSTRUCTIONS: The following chart identifies the material that needs to be inserted into the Child Care Center Manual, Child Care Type A Manual, and the Child Care Type B Manual (CCBM):