(a) A program operator may not employ an individual
in a position involving contact with campers at a campus program for
minors unless:
(1) the individual submits to the program operator
or the campus program for minors has on file documentation verifying
that within the preceding two years of the beginning date of employment,
the individual successfully completed the required training and examination
program on sexual abuse and child molestation; or
(2) the individual successfully completes during the
individual's first five days of employment the required training and
examination program on sexual abuse and child molestation.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term "contact
with campers" does not include an employee acting as a guest speaker,
an entertainer, or fulfilling any other role whose attendance at the
campus program for minors is for a limited purpose or a limited time
if the employee has no direct and unsupervised interaction with campers.
A program operator may require training and an examination for visitors,
including parents, if it chooses.
(c) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to
an individual who is a student enrolled at the institution of higher
education or private or independent institution of higher education
that operates the campus program for minors or at which the campus
program is conducted and whose contact with campers is limited to
a single class of short duration. The training and examination requirement
in subsection (a) of this section does not apply if:
(1) employees of the institution of higher education
or private or independent institution of higher education are not
employees of the campus program for minors; or
(2) the institution of higher education or private
or independent institution of higher education is the operator of
the campus program for minors and its employees, agents, or contractors
have only limited or incidental contact with campers.
(d) A program operator must:
(1) submit to the department on the form provided by
the department and within five days of the start of the campus program
for minors verification that each employee of the campus program for
minors has complied with the requirements of this section; and
(2) retain in the operator's records an electronic
or paper copy of the documentation required or issued in subsection
(a) of this section for each employee until the second anniversary
of the examination date.
(e) A person applying for or holding an employee position
involving contact with campers at a campus program for minors must
successfully complete the training and examination program on sexual
abuse and child molestation during the applicable period prescribed
in subsection (a) of this section.
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