# C.R.S. § 26-3.1-107: 26-3.1-107. Background check - adult protective services data system check

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CO_T26_A3.1_P1_S26-3.1-107

## Section

- **Citation:** C.R.S. § 26-3.1-107
- **Heading:** 26-3.1-107. Background check - adult protective services data system check
- **Jurisdiction:** Colorado
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** CO Code / Title 26 / Article 3.1 / Part 1 / Section 26-3.1-107

## Text

26-3.1-107. Background check - adult protective services data system check. (1) Each county department shall require each protective services employee hired on or after May 29, 2012, to complete a fingerprint-based criminal history record check utilizing the records of the Colorado bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation. The employee shall pay the cost of the fingerprint-based criminal history record check unless the county department chooses to pay the cost. Upon completion of the fingerprint-based criminal history record check, the Colorado bureau of investigation shall forward the results to the county department. The county department shall require a name-based judicial record check, as defined in section 22-2-119.3 (6)(d), for an applicant or an employee when the results of a fingerprint-based criminal history record check performed pursuant to this section reveal a record of arrest without a disposition.

(2) For each adult protective services employee hired on or after January 1, 2019, each county department shall conduct a CAPS check to determine if the person is substantiated in a case of mistreatment of an at-risk adult. The county department shall conduct the CAPS check pursuant to state department rules.

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