3. Pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, including but not limited to:

a. Procedures for a unified child care agency to follow in submitting a request for a child abuse record information check on a prospective approved home provider or any adult member of the prospective provider’s household;

b. Implementation of an appeals process to be used in the case of a denial of a prospective approved home provider’s application to provide child care services based on a finding of substantiated child abuse or neglect; and

c. Establishment of time limits for conducting a child abuse record information check and providing a unified child care agency with the results of the check.

L.2003,c.185,s.3.