- (a) Upon completion of the criminal record check on an applicant or employee, the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police shall issue a report to the Office of Long-Term Care or the requesting facility, depending upon the results.
(b) The office shall:
- (1) Determine whether the applicant or employee is disqualified from employment; and
(2)
- (A) Issue its letter of determination to the:
(i) Applicant or employee; and
(ii) Facility or requesting entity.
(B) The letter of determination to the facility or requesting entity shall only state whether the applicant or employee is qualified or disqualified from employment.
- (c)
- (1) If the criminal record report issued by the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police lists any conviction, of any type or nature, the facility shall be required to remove from unsupervised direct care duties any person who was offered temporary or continued employment until the office’s letter of determination has been received.
- (2) If the applicant or employee is disqualified from employment, the facility shall terminate the employment of the employee or deny employment to the applicant.