PAP.15.4.040 Conduct Background Check.

(a) The LCO Kinship Care Office shall obtain information on a person who is the subject of a background check by doing all of the following:

(1) Requesting a search of the criminal history records maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

(2) Submitting the person's fingerprints to the Wisconsin Department of Justice for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) if any of the conditions pursuant §PAP.15.4.030(c).

(b) When the LCO Kinship Care Office is conducting a background check of a relative caregiver, the Office shall conduct a reverse search of the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry using the relative caregiver's address to determine if a person residing at that address has committed a sex offense that is specified in Wis. Stat. § 48.57(3p)(g).

(1) A reverse search of the sex offender registry by address can be done by entering the relative caregiver's address at https://doc.wi.gov/community−resources/offender−registry. The Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry does not contain information on all convicted sex offenders. The information is limited by the effective date of the applicable law and to those offenders who have been arrested and convicted, adjudicated, or committed for a crime specified under the law and who meet registration and publication requirements. For example, certain sex offenses by juveniles or other persons may not meet registration or publication requirements. These limitations should be considered when obtaining information from the sex offender registry.