Hiring Authority Responsibilities

(1) The hiringauthorityshall ensure that each candidate provides consent to a CORI investigationas partof his/her application, and to the periodic conduct of further CORI investigations during the course of employment with CHS or the vendor agency program. The hiring authority shall also inform the candidate that his or her CORI maybe utilized by the criminal justice official or qualified mentalhealth professional conducting themselves in conformance with 122 CMR 1.07, 1.11(1), (2) (3) and CHS personnel responsible for carrying out the provisions of 122 CMR 1.15 and 1.16. Suchconsent and notification shall be included in the hiring authority’s employment application form. 1.08: continued (2) The hiringauthorityshallrequire, as a condition of an offer of employment, the completion of the CORI investigation. The hiring authority shall confirm an offer of employment only after the hiring authority receives writtenconfirmationthat the criminalrecord investigation has resulted in a finding of “no record” or until the hiring authority has complied with the requirements of 122 CMR 1.09, 1.11 and 1.12. (3) The hiring authority shall not permit any candidate to commence employment or volunteer service until after the candidate is cleared as a result of the CORI investigation in accordance with 122 CMR 1.00.