Subdivision 1. Terms. The definitions in this section apply to sections 299C.60 to 299C.64.
Subd. 1a. Authorized agency. "Authorized agency" means the licensing agency or, if one does not exist, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Licensing agencies include but are not limited to the:
(1) Department of Human Services;
(2) Department of Health; and
(3) Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.
Subd. 2. Background check crime. "Background check crime" includes child abuse crimes, murder, manslaughter, felony level assault or any assault crime committed against a minor or vulnerable adult, kidnapping, arson, criminal sexual conduct, and prostitution-related crimes.
Subd. 2a. Care. "Care" means the provision of care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities.
Subd. 3. Child. "Child" means an individual under the age of 18.
Subd. 4. Child abuse crime. "Child abuse crime" means:
(1) an act committed against a minor victim that constitutes a violation of section 609.185, paragraph (a), clause (5); 609.221; 609.222; 609.223; 609.224; 609.2242; 609.322; 609.324; 609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345; 609.352; 609.377; 609.378; 617.246; or 617.247; or
(2) a violation of section 152.021, subdivision 1, clause (4); 152.022, subdivision 1, clause (5) or (6); 152.023, subdivision 1, clause (3) or (4); 152.023, subdivision 2, clause (4) or (6); or 152.024, subdivision 1, clause (2), (3), or (4).
Subd. 5. Children's service provider. "Children's service provider" means a business or organization, whether public, private, for profit, nonprofit, or voluntary, that provides children's services, including a business or organization that licenses or certifies others to provide children's services. "Children's service provider" includes an international student exchange visitor placement organization under chapter 5A.
Subd. 6. Children's service worker. "Children's service worker" means a person who has, may have, or seeks to have access to a child to whom the children's service provider provides children's services, and who:
(1) is employed by, volunteers with, or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with a children's service provider;
(2) is an independent contractor who provides children's services to a children's service provider; or
(3) owns, operates, or seeks to own or operate a children's service provider.
Subd. 7. Children's services. "Children's services" means the provision of care, treatment, education, training, instruction, or recreation to children.
Subd. 8. [Repealed, 2009 c 59 art 6 s 25]
Subd. 8a. Conviction. "Conviction" means a criminal conviction or an adjudication of delinquency for an offense that would be a crime if committed by an adult.
Subd. 8b. Covered individual. "Covered individual" means an individual:
(1) who has, seeks to have, or may have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities, served by a qualified entity; and
(2) who:
(i) is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with, a qualified entity; or
(ii) owns or operates, or seeks to own or operate, a qualified entity.
Subd. 8c. Individuals with disabilities. "Individuals with disabilities" means persons with a mental or physical impairment who require assistance to perform one or more daily living tasks.
Subd. 8d. National criminal history background check system. "National criminal history background check system" means the criminal history record system maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation based on fingerprint identification or any other method of positive identification.
Subd. 8e. Qualified entity. "Qualified entity" means a business or organization, whether public, private, for-profit, not-for-profit, or voluntary, that provides care or care placement services, including a business or organization that licenses or certifies others to provide care or care placement services.
Subd. 9. Superintendent. "Superintendent" means the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
1992 c 569 s 19; 1993 c 238 s 8; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 36; 1995 c 259 art 3 s 5; 1998 c 367 art 2 s 32; 2001 c 202 s 15; 2009 c 142 art 3 s 6; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 66; 1Sp2021 c 11 art 7 s 2-9
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety
Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension
Section 299C.01 — Criminal Bureau.
Section 299C.03 — Superintendent; Rules.
Section 299C.05 — Crime Data Collection.
Section 299C.06 — Division Powers And Duties; Cooperation.
Section 299C.063 — Bomb Disposal Expense Reimbursement.
Section 299C.065 — Undercover Buy Fund; Witness And Victim Protection.
Section 299C.066 — Crime Information Reward Fund.
Section 299C.07 — Restoration Or Disposal Of Stolen Property.
Section 299C.08 — Oath Of Superintendent And Employees.
Section 299C.09 — System For Identifying Criminals; Record, Index.
Section 299C.091 — Criminal Gang Investigative Data System.
Section 299C.093 — Database Of Registered Predatory Offenders.
Section 299C.095 — System For Identifying Juvenile Offenders.
Section 299C.10 — Identification Data Required.
Section 299C.105 — Dna Data Required.
Section 299C.106 — Sexual Assault Examination Kit Handling.
Section 299C.11 — Identification Data Furnished To Bureau.
Section 299C.111 — Suspense File Reporting.
Section 299C.115 — Warrant Information Provided To State.
Section 299C.12 — Record Kept By Peace Officer; Report.
Section 299C.13 — Information Furnished To Peace Officer.
Section 299C.14 — Information On Released Prisoner.
Section 299C.145 — Distinctive Physical Mark Identification System.
Section 299C.15 — Cooperation; Criminal Identification Organizations.
Section 299C.155 — Standardized Evidence Collection; Dna Analysis.
Section 299C.157 — Forensic Laboratories; Accreditation.
Section 299C.16 — Information Broadcast To Peace Officers.
Section 299C.17 — Report By Court Administrator.
Section 299C.18 — Bureau Operations Report.
Section 299C.21 — Penalty On Local Officer Refusing Information.
Section 299C.22 — Security Guard; Discharge Of Firearm; Report.
Section 299C.23 — Continuing Education Fee; Appropriation.
Section 299C.25 — Scrap Metal Dealers; Educational Materials.
Section 299C.35 — Bureau To Broadcast Criminal Information.
Section 299C.37 — Police Communication Equipment; Use, Sale.
Section 299C.38 — Priority Of Police Communications; Misdemeanor.
Section 299C.40 — Comprehensive Incident-based Reporting System.
Section 299C.405 — Subscription Service.
Section 299C.46 — Criminal Justice Data Communications Network.
Section 299C.48 — Connection By Authorized Agency; Fee, Appropriation.
Section 299C.50 — Transfer Of Functions.
Section 299C.52 — Minnesota Missing Children And Endangered Persons Program.
Section 299C.53 — Missing Persons Report; Duties Of Commissioner And Law Enforcement Agencies.
Section 299C.535 — Request For Additional Information On Missing Person.
Section 299C.54 — Missing Children Bulletin.
Section 299C.56 — Release Of Medical Data.
Section 299C.565 — Missing Person Report.
Section 299C.5655 — Missing Persons; Standardized Reports And Procedures.
Section 299C.582 — Powers With Relation To Compact.
Section 299C.61 — Definitions.
Section 299C.62 — Background Check.
Section 299C.63 — Exception; Other Laws.
Section 299C.64 — Bureau Immunity.
Section 299C.65 — Information Advisory Group.
Section 299C.67 — Definitions.
Section 299C.68 — Background Check On Residential Building Manager.
Section 299C.69 — Owner Duties If Manager Convicted Of Crime.
Section 299C.71 — Bureau Immunity.
Section 299C.72 — Minnesota Criminal History Checks.
Section 299C.75 — Background Checks; Indian Tribes.
Section 299C.76 — Background Check; Access To Federal Tax Information.
Section 299C.80 — Independent Use Of Force Investigations Unit.