(1) For purposes of this section, "office" means the same as that term is defined in Section 62A-2-101.
(2) Public funds may not be disbursed to pay a direct service worker for personal services rendered to a person unless the office approves the direct service worker to have direct access and provide services to a child or a vulnerable adult pursuant to Section 62A-2-120.
(3) For purposes of Subsection (2), the office shall conduct a background check of a direct service worker: (a) before public funds are disbursed to pay the direct service worker for the personal services described in Subsection (2); and (b) using the same procedures established for a background check of an applicant for a license under Section 62A-2-120.
(a) before public funds are disbursed to pay the direct service worker for the personal services described in Subsection (2); and
(b) using the same procedures established for a background check of an applicant for a license under Section 62A-2-120.
(4) A child who is in the legal custody of the department or any of the department's divisions may not be placed with a direct service worker unless, before the child is placed with the direct service worker, the direct service worker passes a background check, pursuant to the requirements of Subsection 62A-2-120(14).
(5) If a public transit district, as described in Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act, contracts with the division to provide services: (a) the provisions of this section are not applicable to a direct service worker employed by the public transit district; and (b) the division may not reimburse the public transit district for services provided unless a direct service worker hired or transferred internally after July 1, 2013, by the public transit district to drive a paratransit route: (i) is approved by the office to have direct access to children and vulnerable adults in accordance with Section 62A-2-120; and (ii) is subject to a background check established in a statute or rule governing a public transit district or other public transit district policy.
(a) the provisions of this section are not applicable to a direct service worker employed by the public transit district; and
(b) the division may not reimburse the public transit district for services provided unless a direct service worker hired or transferred internally after July 1, 2013, by the public transit district to drive a paratransit route: (i) is approved by the office to have direct access to children and vulnerable adults in accordance with Section 62A-2-120; and (ii) is subject to a background check established in a statute or rule governing a public transit district or other public transit district policy.
(i) is approved by the office to have direct access to children and vulnerable adults in accordance with Section 62A-2-120; and
(ii) is subject to a background check established in a statute or rule governing a public transit district or other public transit district policy.
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