[Adopted 8-12-2003 by Ord. No. 03-17;
amended 10-9-2007 by Ord. No. 07-23]
COSPONSORED
Township provision of funding or facilities, including maintenance
of facilities.
CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD BACKGROUND CHECK
A determination of whether a person has a criminal record
by cross-referencing that person's name and fingerprints with those
on file with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division
and the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police.
NONPROFIT YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATION or ORGANIZATION
A corporation, association or other organization established
pursuant to Title 15 of the Revised Statutes, Title 15A of the New
Jersey Statutes, or other law of the state and is exempt from federal
income taxes, but excluding public and nonpublic schools, and which
provides sports-related activities or services for persons younger
than 18 years of age, in connection with Ewing Township-sponsored
or -cosponsored sports programs or leagues.
REVIEW COMMITTEE or COMMITTEE
A three member Committee consisting of the Director of Recreation,
Township Business Administrator and the Chief of Police. The Committee
shall be charged with the review of all appeals by any employee or
volunteer whose criminal history background check reveals a disqualifying
criminal conviction.
SPONSORED
Leagues run directly by the Ewing Recreation Department,
including oversight, control and/or fiscal contribution.
SUPERVISED
To have the direction and oversight of the performance of
others.
VOLUNTEER
Any person involved with a Ewing Township-sponsored or -cosponsored
sports program or league who has regular unsupervised direct access
to minors as a result of his or her involvement with the organization.
A person may be disqualified from serving as
an employee or volunteer of a nonprofit youth-serving organization
if that person's criminal history record background check reveals
a record of conviction of any of the following crimes and offenses:
A. In New Jersey, any crime or disorderly persons offense:
(1) Involving danger to the person, meaning those crimes
and disorderly persons offenses as set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:11-1 et
seq., such as criminal homicide; N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1 et seq., such as
assault, reckless endangerment, threats, stalking; N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1
et seq., such as kidnapping; N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1 et seq., such as sexual
assault; or N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1 et seq., such as robbery;
(2) Against the family, children or incompetents, meaning
those crimes and disorderly persons offenses set forth in N.J.S.A.
2C:24-1 et seq., such as endangering the welfare of a child;
(3) Involving theft as set forth in Chapter 20 of Title
2C of the New Jersey Statutes; and
(4) Involving any controlled dangerous substance or controlled
substance analog as set forth in Chapter 35 of Title 2C of the New
Jersey Statutes, except Paragraph (4) of Subsection (a) of N.J.S.A.
2C:35-10.
B. In any other state or jurisdiction, conduct which,
if committed in New Jersey, would constitute any of the crimes or
disorderly persons offenses described in this section.
Failure to comply with this article may result
in the Township withholding funding for the program or league, prohibiting
the use of facilities, and/or prohibiting the use of facility maintenance.
[Adopted 10-9-2007 by Ord. No. 07-22]
In addition to the qualifications required by
law and elsewhere in this Code, no person shall be appointed to provide
services either as a paid or volunteer emergency medical technician
or as a member of the paid or volunteer fire department, unless the
person:
A. Is sound in body and of good health;
B. Is of good moral character; and
C. Has not been convicted of any criminal offense involving
moral turpitude.
For the purposes of this article, each applicant
shall submit to the Township the applicant's name, address, fingerprints
and written consent for a criminal history record background check
to be performed. The Township is authorized to exchange fingerprint
data with and receive criminal history record information from the
State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police and
the Federal Bureau of Investigation consistent with applicable state
and federal laws, rules and regulations.