2014 New York Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 6 - CHILDREN
Title 1 - (371 - 392) CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
376 - Certificate to board children and/or minors under age of eighteen years.

  376.  Certificate  to  board  children  and/or  minors under age of
  eighteen years. * 1. An authorized agency  which  shall  board  out  any
  child/or minor under the age of eighteen years shall issue to the person
  receiving  such  child  and/or minor for board a certificate to receive,
  board or keep a child/or minor under the age of eighteen years. Prior to
  issuing such certificate, the agency shall require that an applicant set
  forth: his or her employment history, provide  personal  and  employment
  references  and sign a sworn statement indicating whether the applicant,
  to the best of his or her knowledge, has ever been convicted of a  crime
  in  this  state  or  any other jurisdiction. Not until all inquiries are
  completed and evaluated shall the agency cause such  certificate  to  be
  issued.
* NB Effective until June 27, 2015
* 1. An authorized agency which shall board out any child and/or minor
  under the age of eighteen years shall issue to the person receiving such
  child  and/or  minor for board a certificate to receive, board or keep a
  child and/or minor under the age of eighteen  years.  Prior  to  issuing
  such  certificate, the agency shall require that an applicant set forth:
  his  or  her  employment  history,  provide  personal   and   employment
  references  and sign a sworn statement indicating whether the applicant,
  to the best of his or her knowledge, has ever been convicted of a  crime
  in  this  state  or  any  other jurisdiction. The agency shall determine
  whether the applicant has ever held such a certificate, or a license  or
  approval  and,  if  so, whether the certificate, license or approval was
  revoked, not renewed, or a child was removed  from  the  home,  and  the
  reason  therefor.  In  such  instances,  the  agency  shall evaluate the
  circumstances, pursuant to regulations established  by  the  office,  to
  determine whether a certificate should be issued and the home re-opened.
  Not  until  all  inquiries  are completed and evaluated shall the agency
  cause such certificate to be issued.
* NB Effective June 27, 2015
2. The agency issuing or renewing any such certificate shall forthwith
  transmit a copy or report thereof to the board.
3. No person shall be certified by more than one authorized agency but
  any person so certified may receive for care at  board  or  otherwise  a
  child  and/or  minor  under the age of eighteen years from other sources
  upon the written consent and approval of the  certifying  agency  as  to
  each such child and/or minor.