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urn: urn:us-la:rs:17:3013
citation: "R.S. 17:3013"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 17 › Chapter 19-A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2024, number: 293, section: 1, effective_date: 2024-05-28, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2024, number: 688, section: 1, effective_date: 2024-06-19, role: amendment }
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# Hiring requirements; prohibited hires

A. A city, parish, or other local public school board that employs or accepts as a volunteer a chaplain under this Chapter shall ensure that the chaplain submits to a fingerprint-based state and federal background check, as provided in R.S. 15:587.1, before the chaplain begins employment or volunteering at a school.

B. A city, parish, or other local public school board shall not employ or accept as a volunteer a chaplain who has registered or is required to register as a sex offender or child predator in accordance with R.S. 15:542 et seq.