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Title 80 - Utah Juvenile Code
Chapter 2 - Child Welfare Services
Part 7 - Child Abuse and Neglect Investigation
Section 709 - Division access to criminal background information for background screening and investigation.
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UT Code § 80-2-709 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
80-2-709. Division access to criminal background information for background screening and investigation.
Amended by Chapter 470, 2025 General Session
80-2-709. Division access to criminal background information for background screening and investigation.
- (1)The division shall have direct access to criminal background information maintained under Title 53, Chapter 10, Part 2, Bureau of Criminal Identification, for the purpose of:
- (a)background screening under this chapter, Chapter 2a, Removal and Protective Custody of a Child, or Chapter 3, Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings, including background screening of an individual who has direct access, as defined in Section 26B-2-101, to a minor:
- (i)who is alleged to be or has been abused, neglected, or dependent; and
- (ii)for whom the division has an open case; or
- (b)investigation of abuse or neglect under this chapter, Chapter 2a, Removal and Protective Custody of a Child, or Chapter 3, Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings.
- (a)background screening under this chapter, Chapter 2a, Removal and Protective Custody of a Child, or Chapter 3, Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings, including background screening of an individual who has direct access, as defined in Section 26B-2-101, to a minor:
- (2)Except as provided in Section 80-3-305, the division and the Office of Guardian Ad Litem are authorized to request the Department of Public Safety to conduct a complete Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal background check through the national criminal history system (NCIC).
Amended by Chapter 470, 2025 General Session
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