CPMB has released updated guidance regarding the Criminal Record Statement and the addition of simplified criminal record exemption criteria to the HSC, effective 1/1/23 based on implementation of AB 1720.

As part of the background check process, CDSS is required to obtain state and federal criminal history information on any individual seeking to work or be present in a licensed facility. Individuals no longer have to complete an LIC 508, Criminal Record Statement & Out-of-State Disclosure. The LIC 508 is discontinued.

The HSC no longer references the self-disclosure of criminal history information and it prohibits CDSS from requiring an individual to disclose their criminal history information prior to receipt of Live Scan results.

The simplified exemption process has been revised and codified in the HSC. It provides that a simplified exemption may be granted to individuals who meet all of the following criteria:

1. The individual has not been convicted of a violent crime.

2. The individual has not been convicted of a crime in the last five years.

3. The individual has not been convicted of a felony in the last ten (10) years.

4. The individual has five or fewer misdemeanor convictions.

5. The individual has a maximum of one felony conviction.

6. The individual has not been convicted of a non-exemptible crime

CDSS may require an individual, who is otherwise eligible for a simplified exemption, to go through the standard exemption process if doing so will protect the health and safety of a client in care.

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