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State Background Check Requirements for Child Care Providers in Centers
| State |
Criminal History |
Child Abuse & Neglect |
Sex Offender |
State Fingerprint |
Federal Fingerprint |
| Alabama |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Alaska |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Arizona |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Arkansas |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| California |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Colorado |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Connecticut |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Delaware |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Department of Defense |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| District of Columbia |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Florida |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Georgia |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Hawaii |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Idaho |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Illinois |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Indiana |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Iowa |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Kansas |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Kentucky |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Louisiana |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Maine |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Maryland |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Massachusetts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Michigan |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minnesota |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Mississippi |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Missouri |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Montana |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Nebraska |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Nevada |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| New Hampshire |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| New Jersey |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| New Mexico |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| New York |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| North Carolina |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| North Dakota |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Ohio |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Oklahoma |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Oregon |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pennsylvania |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Rhode Island |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| South Carolina |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| South Dakota |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tennessee |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Texas |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Utah |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Vermont |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Virginia |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Washington |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| West Virginia |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Wisconsin |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Wyoming |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
*Source: We Can Do Better: 2009 Update, NACCRRA's Ranking of State Child Care Center Regulations & Oversight
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