(a)  The department may request and maintain employment information for nurse assistants and direct care staff of intermediate care facilities/developmentally disabled, other than state-operated intermediate care facilities/developmentally disabled that secure criminal record clearances for employees through another method, intermediate care facilities/developmentally disabled-habilitative, or intermediate care facilities/developmentally disabled-nursing.

(b)  Within five working days of receipt of a criminal record or information from the Department of Justice pursuant to Section 1338.5, the department shall notify the licensee and applicant of any criminal convictions.

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(c)  The department shall conduct a feasibility study to assess the additional technology requirements necessary to include previous and current employment information on its registry and to make that information available to potential employers. The department shall report to the Legislature by July 1, 2000, as to the results of the study.

(Added by renumbering Section 1339.9 (as added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 716, Sec. 1) by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 248. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)