Federal law and DFPS and Licensing rules require that, before receiving verification to foster or approval to adopt, certain persons must submit to a name-based check of their:

 •   criminal history; and

 •   DFPS abuse or neglect history.

These persons may also be required to submit to:

 •   fingerprint-based criminal history checks;

 •   checks of another state's abuse and neglect registry (see 7413 Out-of-State and Out-of-Country Abuse or Neglect History Checks); or

 •   checks of local law enforcement records.

The FAD worker must consult the tables in 7411.1 Required Background Check Tables to determine which individuals living or present in the home are subject to background checks, and which type of check an individual is subject to.

42 U.S.C. §671(a)(20)

DFPS Rules, 40 TAC §745.615