Section 9003 Of Chapter 3. Sex Offender Management Board From California Penal Code >> Title 9. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3.
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. (a) On or before July 1, 2011, the board shall develop and
update standards for certification of sex offender management
professionals. All those professionals who provide sex offender
management programs and risk assessments, pursuant to Section 290.09,
shall be certified by the board according to these standards. The
standards shall be published on the board's Internet Web site.
Professionals may apply to the board for certification on or after
August 1, 2011.
(1) (A) The board shall submit to the Department of Justice
fingerprint images and related information required by the Department
of Justice of all sex offender management applicants, as defined by
subdivision (a), for the purposes of obtaining information as to the
existence and content of a record of state or federal convictions and
state or federal arrests and also information as to the existence
and content of a record of state arrests or federal arrests for which
the Department of Justice establishes that the person is free on
bail or on his or her own recognizance pending trial or appeal.
(B) When received, the Department of Justice shall forward to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation requests for federal summary criminal
history information received pursuant to this section. The
Department of Justice shall review the information returned from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and compile and disseminate a
response to the board.
(C) The Department of Justice shall provide a state and federal
response to the board pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (l) of
Section 11105.
(D) The board shall request from the Department of Justice
subsequent arrest notification service, as provided pursuant to
Section 11105.2, for persons described in subdivision (a).
(2) The board shall require any person who applies for
certification under this section to submit information relevant to
the applicant's fitness to provide sex offender management services.
Any person who knowingly provides false information under this
paragraph shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount up to one
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), in addition to any other
remedies available to the board. An action for a civil penalty under
this provision may be brought by any public prosecutor in the name of
the people of the State of California.
(3) The board shall assess a fee to the applicant not to exceed
one hundred eighty dollars ($180) per application. The board shall
pay a fee to the Department of Justice sufficient to cover the cost
of processing the criminal background request specified in this
section.
(b) On or before July 1, 2011, the board shall develop and update
standards for certification of sex offender management programs,
which shall include treatment, as specified, and dynamic and future
violence risk assessments pursuant to Section 290.09. The standards
shall be published on the board's Internet Web site. All those
programs shall include polygraph examinations by a certified
polygraph examiner, which shall be conducted as needed during the
period that the offender is in the sex offender management program.
Only certified sex offender management professionals whose programs
meet the standards set by the board are eligible to provide sex
offender management programs pursuant to Section 290.09.
(c) Certified sex offender management professionals, who provide
sex offender management programs and risk assessments pursuant to
Section 290.09, shall not be held civilly liable for any criminal
acts committed by the persons on parole, probation, or judicial
commitment status who receive supervision or treatment. This waiver
of liability shall apply to certified sex offender management
professionals, administrators of the programs provided by those
professionals, and to agencies or persons under contract to those
professionals who provide screening, clinical evaluation, risk
assessment, supervision, or treatment to sex offender parolees,
probationers, or persons on conditional release pursuant to Article 4
(commencing with Section 6600) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6
of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(d) On or before July 1, 2011, the board shall develop and update
standards for certification of polygraph examiners. The standards
shall be published on the board's Internet Web site.