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Special Terms and Conditions <br /> <br />DSHS Central Contract Services <br />5024CS County Consolidated Contract FY16-17 (6-22-2017) 2 <br />1. Definitions. The words and phrases listed below, as used in this Contract, shall each have the <br />following definitions: <br />a. “Contractor” means the County. <br />b. “Emergency Health Care” means care, services, and supplies for an acute or unexpected health <br />need that requires immediate evaluation or treatment by a health care practitioner. <br />c. “JR means the Juvenile Rehabilitation which is under the DSHS Rehabilitation Administration. <br />d. “JR Bulletins/Policies” means the JR Administrative Policies, which direct JR expectations. <br />e. “Limited Access” means supervised access to a juvenile(s) that is the result of the person’s <br />regularly scheduled activities or work duties. <br />f. “Regular Access” means unsupervised access to a juvenile(s), for more than a nominal amount of <br />time that is the result of the person’s regularly scheduled activities or work duties. <br />2. Background Check/Criminal History – In accordance with Chapters 388-700 WAC (JR-Practices & <br />Procedures), 72.05 RCW (Children & Youth Services), 43.20A RCW (DSHS), and by the terms of this <br />contract, Contractor and each of its employees, subcontractors, and/or volunteers who may or will have <br />regular access to any client/juvenile must be cleared through a JR approved criminal history and <br />background check. In addition, Contractor, each of their employees, subcontractors, and/or volunteers, <br />who may or will have limited access to any client/juvenile, may be required to be cleared through a JR <br />approved criminal history and background check. <br />By execution of this contract, Contractor affirms that Contractor, each of its employees, subcontractors, <br />and/or volunteers, who may or will have regular access have not been convicted of any of the following: <br />a. Any felony sex offense as defined in 9.94A.030 RCW (Sentencing Reform Act-Definitions) and <br />9A.44.130 RCW (Sex Offenses); <br />b. Any crime specified in Chapter 9A.44 RCW (Sex Offenses) when the victim was a juvenile in the <br />custody of or under the jurisdiction of JR; or <br />c. Any violent offense as defined in 9.94A.030 RCW (Sentencing Reform Act-Definitions). <br />Contractor must require that current employees, volunteers, and contracted service providers who are <br />authorized for regular access to a juvenile(s) report any guilty plea or conviction of any of the above <br />offenses. The report must be made to the person’s supervisor within seven (7) days of conviction and <br />any person who has reported a guilty plea or conviction for one or more of these offenses must not <br />have regular access to any offender. Contractor shall also document background checks/criminal <br />history clearances for monitoring purposes. <br />3. Sexual Misconduct – 13.40.570 RCW (Sexual misconduct by state employees, contractors) states <br />that when the Secretary has reasonable cause to believe that sexual intercourse or sexual contact <br />between the employee of a contractor and an offender has occurred, the Secretary shall require the <br />employee of a contractor to be immediately removed from any employment position which would permit <br />the employee to have any access to any offender. <br />By execution of this contract, contractor affirms that contractor, each of its employees, subcontractors, <br />and/or volunteers are knowledgeable about the requirements of 13.40.570 RCW (Sexual misconduct by <br />state employees, contractors) and of the crimes included in 9A.44 RCW (Sex Offenses).