Concord, NH (AP) -- Starting in January, New Hampshire child care workers will need to be fingerprinted as part of criminal background checks designed to protect children.
The Legislature passed the law in 2006, but implementation was delayed until Jan. 4 after the state learned the fingerprints would have to be digitized to go through the FBI's database.
Susan Hagner of the Emerson School for Preschoolers in Concord says the costs associated with the requirement will place a burden on many organizations.
The Concord Monitor says the law applies to all paid or volunteer child-care workers who have regular contact with children and adult residents of homes where child-care facilities are located.
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