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(d) UVEC shall submit required information for criminal background <br /> checks on all Employees and Regular Volunteers, and will submit the <br /> information for such reviews to the County Department of Environment, <br /> Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, which will conduct the background checks. <br /> These checks will be completed and verified on each of U V E C's employees <br /> and/or R e g u I a r Volunteers prior to assigning them to the Center, and such <br /> check shall include an annual check of the State Sex Offender and Public <br /> Protection Registration Program, the State Sexually Violent Predator <br /> Registration Program, and the National Sex Offender Registry. <br /> (e) UVEC shall not assign any Employee or Regular Volunteer to staff the Center <br /> pursuant to this Agreement if the Employee or Regular Volunteer (1) appears on <br /> any of the registries listed in 5(d) above; (2) has been convicted of a felony <br /> involving any form of assault, a firearm or other weapon, or sexual assault or <br /> misconduct; (3) has been convicted of any other felony unless more than 10 <br /> years have passed since the date of conviction or release from confinement, <br /> whichever is later; (4) has been convicted of any misdemeanor involving any <br /> form of assault or sexual assault or misconduct; or (5) has been convicted of <br /> any crime indicating that the worker may pose a threat to the safety or well-being <br /> of County employees, guests, customers, or invitees, unless more than 7 years <br /> have passed since the date of conviction or release from confinement, <br /> whichever is later. Notwithstanding the foregoing, U V E C may allow nonviolent <br /> juvenile misdemeanants required to perform community service by a court of <br /> law or other state mandated program to volunteer at the Center. <br /> (f) Temporary Volunteers, while on Center premises, shall not have any <br /> unsupervised contact with minor children. Temporary Volunteers who have <br /> contact with minor children shall be supervised at all times by an Employee or <br /> Regular Volunteer. <br /> 6. Observation and Documentation <br /> County staff may observe, photograph, videotape, or audiotape any UVEC volunteers <br /> or employees, County employees, guests, customers, or invitees. However, <br /> publishing of any such media generated will be subject to <br /> the permissions of the concerned individuals . The County will <br /> give UVEC at least 48 hours' notice before observing, photographing, videotaping, or <br /> audiotaping under this paragraph, unless UVEC consents to less than 48 hour notice. <br /> UVEC shall make reasonable efforts to secure necessary releases, which <br /> authorize County to publish such photographs, videotapes, or audiotapes, at the <br /> County's request for a specific event for which UVEC is a sponsor. Any media <br /> coverage of UVEC operations of the Center or UVEC events held in the Center, <br /> that U V E C solicits, must receive prior authorization from the County Liaison. This <br /> section does not require UVEC to obtain prior authorization from the County Liaison <br /> for advertising programming in the regular course of U V E C's operations of the Center. <br /> 6 <br />