Florida lawmakers vow changes after learning of laxness, loopholes in checking child and elder care workers
By Peter Franceschina, Sally Kestin and John Maines
South Florida Sun Sentinel
October 3, 2009
Florida legislators pledged to overhaul state law to require that caregivers for children and the elderly undergo background checks before they begin work and to close loopholes that have let thousands of felons get jobs in day care and nursing homes.The proposed reforms come after a Sun Sentinel investigative series last week identified disturbing flaws in the background screening system that allow people to work with Florida's most vulnerable residents before the caregivers have been vetted.
Even people with criminal pasts can qualify for jobs as caregivers by obtaining an exemption. Thousands have sought and won official permission to work despite having records for crimes including rape, child abuse and murder, the newspaper found.
Copyright © 2009, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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SOURCE: The Sun-Sentinel
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