Background Checks

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This is Article 5 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Background Checks.” It is part of Chapter 14.1 “Early Childhood Care and Education”, which is part of Title 22.1 “Education”.

It’s comprised of the following 8 sections.

§ 22.1-289.034	Barrier crime; construction
§ 22.1-289.035	Licensed child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems; employment for compensation or use as volunteers of persons convicted of or found to have committed certain offenses prohibited; national background check required; penalty
§ 22.1-289.036	Background check upon application for licensure, registration, or approval as child day center, family day home, or family day system; penalty
§ 22.1-289.037	Revocation or denial of renewal based on background checks; failure to obtain background check
§ 22.1-289.038	Child day programs and family day systems; criminal conviction and waiver
§ 22.1-289.039	Records check by unlicensed child day center; penalty
§ 22.1-289.040	Child day centers and family day homes receiving federal, state, or local child care funds; eligibility requirements
§ 22.1-289.041	Sex offender or child abuser prohibited from operating or residing in family day home; penalty