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Office of Mental Health

Pre-Employment Checks

ABOUT

The Office of Mental Health requires service providers to conduct Pre-Employment Checks on people applying to work or volunteer with vulnerable populations.

Additionally, we conduct the same Pre-Employment Checks on owners of "for-profit" businesses that operate OMH-licensed programs.

The three Checks are:

  • Staff Exclusion List (SEL) via the Justice Center’s Vulnerable Persons Central Register
  • Criminal Background Check (CBC) via the Justice Center’s CBC system
  • Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR) via OCFS’s Online Clearance System

RESOURCES

This Quick Reference Guide provides basic guidance, links, emails, and forms involved in these checks.

CONTACT

Email cbc@omh.ny.gov to:

  • Request guidance materials
  • Get information on exempt program types
  • Submit comments or questions about the information on this page