Changes to Existing Law

Any assistant behavior analyst or paraprofessional who delivers applied behavior5 analysis services under the extended authority and direction of a behavior analyst shall submit6 to a criminal background investigation, by means of fingerprint checks by the Division of7 Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. If no disqualifying record is identified at the state level, the fingerprints shall be forwarded by the Division of Criminal Investigation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check. The10 behavior analyst who supervises the assistant behavior analyst or paraprofessional is responsible11 for any fees charged for the cost of fingerprinting or the criminal background investigation as12 required by this section. Each criminal record provided to the board under this section is13 confidential. The board may use the records only in determining an assistant behavior analyst's14 or paraprofessional's eligibility to be supervised by an applied behavior analyst for the delivery15 100 copies were printed on recycled paper by the South DakotaLegislative Research Council at a cost of $.167 per page.v Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores.Deletions from existing statutes are indicated by overstrikes. - 2 -SB of applied behavior analysis.1