Criminal Bckgrnd Checks

  CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS
FOR POTENTIAL CHILD CARE PROVIDERS

A criminal background check is required for the following individuals:

• Every applicant for an original license
• Every adult (18 or older) who resides at a licensed facility
• Every adult hired by a licensed facility
  

Each of these individuals must submit a complete set of fingerprints taken by a qualified law enforcement agency to perform a criminal record check by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Exception
The exceptions are defined in Section 7.701.33 B of Colorado's General Rules For Child Care Facilities.

Submitting the Fingerprint Cards

• Requests for a criminal record check must be submitted to the CBI within 5 days of an employee’s first day of employment at the facility.
• Family child care homes submit their fingerprint cards, along with their application and the licensing and CBI fees, to the Division of Child Care.
• All other child care facilities can submit their fingerprint cards directly to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation at 690 Kipling Street, Ste. 3000, Denver, Colorado 80215.
• Facilities that establish an account with CBI send no money when submitting the fingerprint cards to CBI. They are billed monthly for any fingerprint card processed within the month.
• Payment of the fee for the criminal record check is the responsibility of the individual being checked or the home, center, facility, or agency.

FBI Background Checks

Any individual who has lived in Colorado for 24 or fewer months must also request that the CBI obtain a criminal record check from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The same fingerprint card is used for both the CBI and the FBI background check.

Employees or Volunteers Moving from One Child Care Facility to Another
The employees or volunteers moving from one child care facility to another are defined in Section 7.701.33 D of Colorado's General Rules For Child Care Facilities.

You may obtain new fingerprint cards from:

Colorado State Forms and Publications Center
4999 Oakland Street
Denver, CO 80239
Phone# 303-370-2165
Fax: 303-320-1050

The order form is also available here.

Access to Results of Criminal Background Checks
Results of criminal record checks must be maintained at the child care facility and must be available for review upon request by a licensing specialist.