6VAC35-41-290. Background checks for volunteers or interns.
A. Any individual who (i) volunteers on a regular basis or is an intern and (ii) will be alone with a resident in the performance of that position's duties shall be subject to the background check requirements provided for in 6VAC35-41-180 A (employee and volunteer background checks).
B. Documentation of compliance with the background check requirements shall be maintained for each intern and each volunteer for whom a background check is required. Such records shall be kept in accordance with 6VAC35-41-310 (personnel records).
C. A facility that uses volunteers or interns shall have procedures for supervising volunteers or interns, on whom background checks are not required or whose background checks have not been completed, who have contact with residents.
Statutory Authority
§§ 16.1-309.9, 66-10, and 66-24 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 25, eff. January 1, 2014.