RCW 72.05.440
Eligibility for employment or volunteer position with juveniles—Must report convictions—Rules.
(1) A person shall not be eligible for an employed or volunteer position within the department of children, youth, and families or any agency with which it contracts in which the person may have regular access to juveniles under the jurisdiction of the department of children, youth, and families or the department of corrections if the person has been convicted of one or more of the following:
(a) Any felony sex offense;
(b) Any violent offense, as defined in RCW 9.94A.030.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section applies only to persons hired by the department or any of its contracting agencies after September 1, 1998.
(3) Any person employed by the department of children, youth, and families, or by any contracting agency, who may have regular access to juveniles under the jurisdiction of the department of children, youth, and families or the department of corrections and who is convicted of an offense set forth in this section after September 1, 1998, shall report the conviction to his or her supervisor. The report must be made within seven days of conviction. Failure to report within seven days of conviction constitutes misconduct under Title 50 RCW.
(4) For purposes of this section "may have regular access to juveniles" means access for more than a nominal amount of time.
(5) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 707; 1998 c 269 § 16.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 601-631, 701-728, and 804: See note following RCW 13.04.011.
Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.
Intent—Finding—Effective date—1998 c 269: See notes following RCW 72.05.020.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 72.05 - Children and Youth Services.
72.05.010 - Declaration of purpose.
72.05.130 - Powers and duties of department—"Close security" institutions designated.
72.05.150 - "Minimum security" institutions.
72.05.152 - Juvenile forest camps—Industrial insurance benefits prohibited—Exceptions.
72.05.154 - Juvenile forest camps—Industrial insurance—Eligibility for benefits—Exceptions.
72.05.160 - Contracts with other divisions, agencies authorized.
72.05.170 - Counseling and consultative services.
72.05.200 - Parental right to provide treatment preserved.
72.05.210 - Juvenile court law—Applicability—Synonymous terms.
72.05.310 - Parental schools—Personnel.
72.05.410 - Violations by juveniles in community facility—Toll-free hotline for reporting.
72.05.420 - Placement in community facility—Necessary conditions and actions—Department's duties.
72.05.450 - Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances.