R495-885-4. Employees and Volunteers with No Direct Access

  (1) The Department finds that a criminal history is directly relevant to an individual's employment activities within DHS.

  (2) The Department is not authorized to perform the checks described in Sections 62A-1-118 and 62A-2-120 for employees with no direct access.

  (3) Each Division and Office will identify which of their positions includes no potential for direct access that is not directly supervised.

  (4) Each employee who does not potentially have direct access shall submit an "Authorization and Waiver for Criminal History Check" form to a Department of Human Resources Management, DHS Field Office authorizing DHRM to perform name-based background checks.

  (5) Except as described in R495-885-5, Department employees who would automatically be denied a background screening approval based upon the offenses described in Section 62A-2-120(5)(a) are not eligible for work with the Department.

  (6) Except as described in R495-885-5, Department employees who have any offense described in Section 62A-2-120(6)(a) are not eligible for work with the Department.

  (7) Volunteers who do not have a background screening clearance pursuant to R495-885-3 will be directly supervised.