ICPC State Pages

About the ICPC

The Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (AAICPC) was established in 1974 and consists of members from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The AAICPC has authority under ICPC to "promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact." The AAICPC obtains its Secretariat Services, as an affiliate of the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA).

For more information, please visit the AAICPC website.

Contact the AAICPC

American Public Human Services Association
1133 Nineteenth Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 682-0100
fax: (202) 289-6555

Web Manager: Carla Fults [cfults@aphsa.org]

Click on a state to see it's page:

ICPC STATE Pages

Idaho

Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mountain Time Zone · Phone: 208-334-5700 · Fax: (208) 332-7330

Idaho Criminal Background Checks/Abuse and Neglect Registry

Home Studies which Require Criminal / Perpetrator Record Checks

Idaho requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

Foster Care
Relative Care
Relative-Foster Care
Foster-Adopt
Adoption
Parent

Criminal Background Screening

The following methods are used to capture fingerprints to conduct criminal records checks:

Live Scan or other computerized technology
Finger Print cards

Criminal background checks/screening via Live Scan or other computerized technology are offered at the following levels:

National
State
Local
Other, specified below

Criminal History Background Checks
IDAPA 16.05.06.001.03. Policy. It is the Department’s policy to conduct fingerprint-based criminal history and background checks on individuals who have completed a criminal history application. The criminal history applicant is required to disclose any pertinent information of crimes or offenses that would disqualify the individual from providing care or services to vulnerable populations. The Department obtains information for these criminal history and background checks from the following sources:
a. Federal Bureau of Investigation;
b. Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification;
c. Any state or federal Child Protection Registry
d. Any state or federal Adult Protection Registry
e. Any state Sexual Offender Registry
f. Office of Inspector General List of Excluded Individuals and Entities;
g. Idaho Department of Transportation Driving Records;
h. Nurse Aide Registry;
i. Other states and jurisdiction records and findings.

State or Local Criminal Record Checks Requirements/Process:

The Department's criminal history and background check is a fingerprint-based check. Ten (10) rolled fingerprints must be collected from the individual and submitted to the Department within the time frame for submitting applications as provided in Section 150 of these rules in order for a criminal history and background check request to be processed. The Department obtains fingerprints electronically at each of its fingerprint locations, or the Department’s fingerprint card must be used. A Department fingerprint card can be obtained by contacting the Criminal History Unit. (IDAPA 16.05.06.140)

Child and Family Services will provide the applicant with an agency number. With that number applicants go to the web site https://chu.dhw.idaho.gov and follow the instructions at the home page. The applicant and CFS will be provided with results.

Applicant will not be approved if the person has committed any of the following misdemeanor or felony offenses:

Disqualifying resulting in an unconditional denial (IDAPA 16.05.06.210):
- crimes against vulnerable adults; abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult; abandoning a vulnerable adult; sexual abuse and exploitation of a vulnerable adult; aggravated, first degree and second degree arson; Child Abuse Registry listing Level 1 and 2; Crimes against nature; Forcible sexual penetration by use of a foreign object; Incest; Injury to a child, felony or misdemeanor; Kidnapping; Lewd conduct with a minor; Mayhem; Murder in any degree, voluntary manslaughter; assault or battery with intent to commit a serious felony; Negative finding on Nurse Aide Registry; Poisoning; Possession of sexually exploitative material; Rape; in any degree; Robbery; Felony or first degree stalking; Sale or barter of a child; Sexual abuse or exploitation of a child; Video voyeurism; Enticing of children; Inducing individuals under 18 years of age into prostitution or to patronize a prostitute; Any felony punishable by death or life imprisonment; or Attempt, conspiracy, accessory after the fact or aiding and abetting to commit any of the Disqualifying offenses.
Disqualifying Five Year Crimes
- Any felony not described in 210.01; misdemeanor domestic violence; failure to report abuse, abandonment or neglect of a child; misdemeanor forgery of and fraudulent use of a financial transaction card; misdemeanor forgery and counterfeiting; misdemeanor identity theft; misdemeanor insurance fraud; public assistance fraud; sexual exploitation of a child by electronic means, felony or misdemeanor; stalking in the second degree; misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter; sexual exploitation by a medical care provider; operating a certified family home without certification; attempt, conspiracy, accesory after the fact, or aiding and abetting

Types of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Idaho requires the following types of criminal background and perpetrator checks (Federal (F), State (S), Local (L), Abuse and Neglect Registry (ANR), Not Required (NR)):

Federal State Local ANR NR

Foster Care y y y y

Relative y y y y

Relative Foster Care y y y y

Foster-Adopt y y y y

Adoption y y y y

Parent y y y y

	Federal	State	Local	ANR
Foster Care	y	y	y	y
Relative	y	y	y	y
Relative Foster Care	y	y	y	y
Foster-Adopt	y	y	y	y
Adoption	y	y	y	y
Parent	y	y	y	y

Idaho provides Abuse and Neglect searches:

Wait Time for Criminal Records Results

Wait time for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

State: 15-30 days

Local/County: 4-7 days

Manually - Fingerprint Card

State: 15-30 days

Local/County: 4-7 days

Verification of Criminal Records Results

Actual results/information contained in the Criminal Background

Period of Time the Checks are Valid

Any individual required to have a criminal history and background check must complete a new application, including fingerprints when…...applying for licensure or certification with the Department, and their last Department criminal history and background check was completed more than 3 years prior to their licensure application date…. (IDAPA 16.05.06.300.01)