§ 424-a. Access to information contained in the statewide central\nregister of child abuse and maltreatment. 1. (a) (i) A licensing agency\nshall inquire of the department and the department shall, subject to the\nprovisions of paragraph (e) of this subdivision, inform such agency and\nthe subject of the inquiry whether an applicant for a certificate,\nlicense or permit, the director of a camp subject to the provisions of\narticle thirteen-B of the public health law, a prospective successor\nguardian when a clearance is conducted pursuant to paragraph (d) of\nsubdivision two of section four hundred fifty-eight-b of this article,\nand any person over the age of eighteen who resides in the home of a\nperson who has applied to become an adoptive parent or a foster parent\nor any person over the age of eighteen residing in the home of a\nprospective successor guardian when a clearance is conducted of a\nprospective successor guardian pursuant to this paragraph, has been or\nis currently the subject of an indicated child abuse and maltreatment\nreport on file with the statewide central register of child abuse and\nmaltreatment.\n (ii) A licensing agency shall inquire of the office whether an\napplicant for a certificate, license or permit to operate a child care\nprogram including a family day care home, group family day care home,\nchild care center, school age child care program, or enrolled legally\nexempt provider or an employee, volunteer or applicant to be an employee\nor volunteer in such program who has potential for regular and\nsubstantial contact with children in the program, is the confirmed\nsubject of an indicated child abuse report maintained by the statewide\ncentral register of child abuse and maltreatment. The office shall\npromulgate regulations related to the process by which providers and\napplicants will be informed whether the applicant is authorized or\nunauthorized to care for children based on the outcome of such inquiry.\n (iii) A licensing agency shall inquire of the office whether any\nperson age eighteen or older who is not related in any way to all\nchildren for whom care is provided that resides on the premises of where\nchild care is provided in a setting that is not the child's own home by\nan enrolled legally-exempt provider as such term is defined in\nsubdivision one-a of section three hundred ninety-b of this chapter is\nthe confirmed subject of an indicated child abuse report maintained by\nthe statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment. The\noffice shall promulgate regulations related to the process by which\nproviders and applicants will be informed whether the applicant is\nauthorized or unauthorized to care for children based on the outcome of\nsuch inquiry.\n (iv) A licensing agency conducting inquiries pursuant to subparagraphs\n(ii) and (iii) of this paragraph may inquire of the office whether any\nperson who is to be hired as a consultant by such agency who has the\npotential for regular and substantial contact with individuals who are\ncared for by the agency is the subject of an indicated child abuse and\nmaltreatment report on file with the statewide central register of child\nabuse and maltreatment. The office shall promulgate regulations related\nto the process by which providers and applicants will be informed\nwhether the applicant is authorized or unauthorized to care for children\nbased on the outcome of such inquiry.\n (v) A licensing agency conducting inquiries pursuant to subparagraphs\n(ii) and (iii) or this paragraph may inquire of the office whether any\nperson who has volunteered his or her services to such agency and who\nwill have the potential for regular and substantial contact with\nindividuals who are cared for by the agency, is the subject of an\nindicated child abuse and maltreatment report on file with the statewide\ncentral register of child abuse and maltreatment. The office shall\npromulgate regulations related to the process by which pro
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