§ 562. Abuse and neglect notification. 1.
(a)Upon receiving a request\nfor criminal history information, pursuant to section eight hundred\nforty-five-b of this chapter, for a prospective employee or volunteer of\na facility or provider licensed, operated, or certified by the office\nfor people with developmental disabilities, the justice center shall\nfurnish a summary of any substantiated reports in its possession\nregarding a final finding of category two conduct pursuant to section\nfour hundred ninety-three of the social services law, by a prospective\nemployee or volunteer. The justice center shall provide such summary\nreport to the authorized person as defined in paragraph (b) of\nsubdivision one of section eight hundred forty-five-b of this chapter\nand at that same time furnis
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§ 562. Abuse and neglect notification. 1. (a) Upon receiving a request\nfor criminal history information, pursuant to section eight hundred\nforty-five-b of this chapter, for a prospective employee or volunteer of\na facility or provider licensed, operated, or certified by the office\nfor people with developmental disabilities, the justice center shall\nfurnish a summary of any substantiated reports in its possession\nregarding a final finding of category two conduct pursuant to section\nfour hundred ninety-three of the social services law, by a prospective\nemployee or volunteer. The justice center shall provide such summary\nreport to the authorized person as defined in paragraph (b) of\nsubdivision one of section eight hundred forty-five-b of this chapter\nand at that same time furnish such documents to the prospective employee\nor volunteer at the address for such person listed on the request.\n (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subdivision, a facility or\nprovider licensed, operated or certified by the office for people with\ndevelopmental disabilities shall be provided a summary of any final\nfinding of category two conduct pursuant to section four hundred\nninety-three of the social services law, for a current employee or\nvolunteer, where the substantiated category two conduct in such summary\noccurred at another facility or provider agency. The justice center\nshall additionally provide such summary to the employee or volunteer if\nsuch summary has not previously been provided.\n (c) For the purposes of this subdivision, a final finding of category\ntwo conduct shall mean a finding for which all relevant hearings and\nappeals have been exhausted and has not been sealed in accordance with\nsection four hundred ninety-three of the social services law.\n 2. The summary report provided by the justice center to a provider of\nservices pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall be received\nby the provider subject to the confidentiality provisions of subdivision\nseven of section eight hundred forty-five-b of this chapter.\n