Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 3490.135 - Responsibilities of the Department(a) Requests for clearance statements received on forms provided by the Department with a check or money order payable to the Department of Human Services in the amount charged by the Department will be processed. The Department will return the forms that are not completed properly with instructions for resubmitting the request.(b) The Department will advise the person seeking a clearance statement in writing whether or not he is named as a perpetrator of an indicated or founded report of child abuse or a school employe responsible for student abuse named in the Statewide Central Register. If the person is named as a perpetrator of an indicated or founded report of child abuse or a school employe responsible for student abuse, the response will include the following information: (1) The number of indicated or founded reports of child abuse and student abuse in which the person is named.(2) The date of the incidents of indicated or founded reports of child abuse and student abuse in which the person is named.(c) The Department will comply with the request for an official clearance statement within 14 days of receipt of the request by the Department.The provisions of this §3490.135 adopted July 2, 1999, effective 7/3/1999, 29 Pa.B. 3513. This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 3490.131 (relating to definitions).