1. A child-placing agency that utilizes nonemployees who work directly with children and families on a regular basis shall: a. Develop and provide description of duties and specified responsibilities; b. Require personal references, if applicable; c. Designate an employee to supervise and evaluate nonemployees; d. Develop a plan for orientation and training of nonemployees which includes education on the legal requirements for confidentiality, training in the philosophy of the child-placing agency, and the needs of children and families served by the child-placing agency; e. Maintain documentation that the nonemployee has read and received a copy of the law and child-placing agency procedures requiring the reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect, North Dakota Century Code chapter 50-25.1, initially and annually thereafter; f. Require that a nonemployee sign a statement of confidentiality; and g. Require each nonemployee to successfully complete a fingerprint-based criminal background check and a child abuse and neglect index check prior to allowing the nonemployee to have unsupervised contact with children.

2. Nonemployees may not be used in the place of full-time paid employees.

History: Effective April 1, 2010; amended effective April 1, 2016; April 1, 2024.

General Authority: NDCC 50-11-03, 50-12-05

Law Implemented: NDCC 50-11-05, 50-12-03, 50-12-05