Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 29 > Chapter 79 > Subchapter X - Background Checks for Employees, Contractors, and Volunteers

• Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Child Protection Registry: means as defined under § 921 of Title 16. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7998
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Criminal background check: means a report of an individual's federal and state criminal history record from the Delaware State Bureau of Identification and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7998
• Department: means the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7998
• Direct access: means the opportunity to have personal, unsupervised contact with persons receiving care or education during the course of one's assigned duties. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7998
• Disqualifying criminal conviction: means those convictions set forth in § 309(d)(1) of Title 31 and the length of prohibition is the same as that set forth under that paragraph. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7998
• Employer: means a person or other legal entity that employs individuals to work in long-term care facility, home care agency, or for a prescribed pediatric extended care center. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
• State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302