2006 Minnesota Statutes

245C.16 DISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL'S RISK OF HARM.
    Subdivision 1. Determining immediate risk of harm. (a) If the commissioner determines
that the individual studied has a disqualifying characteristic, the commissioner shall review the
information immediately available and make a determination as to the subject's immediate risk of
harm to persons served by the program where the individual studied will have direct contact.
(b) The commissioner shall consider all relevant information available, including the
following factors in determining the immediate risk of harm:
(1) the recency of the disqualifying characteristic;
(2) the recency of discharge from probation for the crimes;
(3) the number of disqualifying characteristics;
(4) the intrusiveness or violence of the disqualifying characteristic;
(5) the vulnerability of the victim involved in the disqualifying characteristic;
(6) the similarity of the victim to the persons served by the program where the individual
studied will have direct contact; and
(7) whether the individual has a disqualification from a previous background study that
has not been set aside.
(c) This section does not apply when the subject of a background study is regulated by a
health-related licensing board as defined in chapter 214, and the subject is determined to be
responsible for substantiated maltreatment under section 626.556 or 626.557.
(d) If the commissioner has reason to believe, based on arrest information or an active
maltreatment investigation, that an individual poses an imminent risk of harm to persons receiving
services, the commissioner may order that the person be continuously supervised or immediately
removed pending the conclusion of the maltreatment investigation or criminal proceedings.
    Subd. 2. Findings. (a) After evaluating the information immediately available under
subdivision 1, the commissioner may have reason to believe one of the following:
(1) the individual poses an imminent risk of harm to persons served by the program where
the individual studied will have direct contact;
(2) the individual poses a risk of harm requiring continuous, direct supervision while
providing direct contact services during the period in which the subject may request a
reconsideration; or
(3) the individual does not pose an imminent risk of harm or a risk of harm requiring
continuous, direct supervision while providing direct contact services during the period in which
the subject may request a reconsideration.
(b) After determining an individual's risk of harm under this section, the commissioner
must notify the subject of the background study and the applicant or license holder as required
under section 245C.17.
    Subd. 3. County agency. (a) County licensing agencies performing duties under this section
may develop an alternative system for determining the subject's immediate risk of harm to
persons served by the program, providing the notices under subdivision 2, paragraph (b), and
documenting the action taken by the county licensing agency.
(b) Each county licensing agency's implementation of the alternative system is subject
to approval by the commissioner.
(c) Notwithstanding this alternative system, county licensing agencies shall complete the
requirements of section 245C.17.
History: 2003 c 15 art 1 s 16; 2004 c 288 art 1 s 54