Alabama § 38-15-5 Criminal Background Checks

Alabama Statutes

§ 38-15-5 — Criminal Background Checks

Alabama § 38-15-5

Title 38Public Welfare

Ch. 15Alabama Youth Residential Facility Abuse Prevention Act

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Ala. Code § 38-15-5 (2026).

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Any employee, volunteer, or applicant for employment or for a volunteer position at or with any religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit affiliated youth residential facility, youth social rehabilitation facility, community treatment facility for youths, youth transitional care facility, long term youth residential facility, private alternative boarding school, private alternative outdoor program, and any organization entrusted with the residential care of children or youth in any organizational form or combination thereof defined by this section, or as defined by the department, shall be subject to a criminal background investigation prior to having unsupervised contact with the children in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 38-

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Any employee, volunteer, or applicant for employment or for a volunteer position at or with any religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit affiliated youth residential facility, youth social rehabilitation facility, community treatment facility for youths, youth transitional care facility, long term youth residential facility, private alternative boarding school, private alternative outdoor program, and any organization entrusted with the residential care of children or youth in any organizational form or combination thereof defined by this section, or as defined by the department, shall be subject to a criminal background investigation prior to having unsupervised contact with the children in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 38-13-3.