Provider Staff Background Checks. All program staff and Provider staff (including employees, independent contractors, and staff of subcontractors), volunteers and those who may have access to youth participants are required to undergo and pass a national Level 2 background check that complies with the standards set forth in F.S. 435. Those individuals must have no disqualifying offenses listed in F.S. 435.04. for which they have not received an exemption in accordance with Florida law. All staff and volunteers must continue to qualify to pass a Level 2 screening at all times and must notify their employer if at any time they no longer qualify to pass a Level 2 screening. Proof of Level 2 background clearance, including current executed affidavits/attestations of good moral character, must be maintained at all times in the appropriate files and the screening repeated every five (5) years or more often in accordance with law or as requested by ECT. This requirement applies to employees regardless of the funder supporting the position and all volunteers and subcontractors who may have access to youth. Volunteers and subcontractors who assist on an intermittent basis for less than ten (10) hours per month do not have to be screened if a person who meets the screening requirement of this section is always present and has the volunteer and subcontractor within his or her line of sight. The Provider is required to clearly document which volunteers meet the criteria for a Level 2 background screening and affidavits of good moral character, and which are exempt according to the terms of this Agreement. The Provider's policy and practice for background screening must provide for adequate protection and must comply with all applicable laws and implementing regulations including, but not limited to F.S. 435. The Florida Department of Children and Families provides an exemption process under this statute. ECT does not provide an exemption or waiver process. Should a Provider not be statutorily authorized to receive a national Level 2 background check in accordance with F.S. 435, the Provider must still comply with the standards set forth in F.S. 435 through VECHS background screening. Only in the event the Provider does not qualify to receive a national Level 2 background check in accordance with F.S. 435 and is not eligible to participate in VECHS, then the Provider must engage a third-party vendor to conduct a national background check and must comply with the standards as set forth in F.S. 435. Prov...
Provider Staff Background Checks. All program staff and Provider staff (including employees, independent contractors, and staff of subcontractors), volunteers and those who may have access to youth participants are required to undergo and pass a national Level 2 background check that complies with the standards set forth in F.S. 435. Those individuals must have no disqualifying offenses listed in F.S. 435.04. for which they have not received an exemption in accordance with Florida law. All staff and volunteers must continue to qualify to pass a Level 2 screening at all times and must notify their employer if at any time they no longer qualify to pass a Level 2 screening. Proof of Level 2 background clearance, including current executed affidavits/attestations of good moral character, must be maintained at all times in the appropriate files and the screening repeated every five
