Section 385.100  Confidentiality of Background Check Information

Any employee of the Department of Children and Family Services, Illinois State Police, or a child care facility receiving confidential information under Section 4.1 and Section 4.3 of the Child Care Act of 1969 who gives or causes to be given any confidential information concerning any criminal convictions or child abuse or neglect information of a child care facility applicant, or child care facility employee, or volunteer of a child care facility or non-licensed service provider, prospective certified relative caregivers, or an adult resident of a prospective certified relative caregiver home, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor unless release of such information is authorized by Section 11.1 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act [325 ILCS 5] and Sections 3.4, 4.1 and 4.3 of the Child Care Act of 1969 [225 ILCS 10/4.1 and 4.3].

(Source:  Amended at 50 Ill. Reg. 6445, effective April 24, 2026)