I am a 290 registrant. Are there places I’m not allowed to work?

Maybe. If your registerable offense involved a minor, there are restrictions on your ability to work with young people. For example, you cannot work or volunteer in a child day care facility, residential facility, or a foster family home.[564] If your crime involved a minor under the age of 16, you cannot work or volunteer directly with minors in a setting that would leave you unaccompanied on more than an incidental or occasional basis, nor can you have supervisory or disciplinary power over a child.[565]

Even if your crime was not against a minor under age 16, if you want to work or volunteer in a setting where you will touch minors or will be around minors regularly without other people present, then you must notify the employer or volunteer organization that you are a sex offender registrant when you apply for or accept the position.[566] Failure to comply with ANY of the above laws is a misdemeanor.[567]

If you want to obtain a license for some type of business or profession, your criminal history including your sex offense may affect whether you will be granted a license. (See PG. 601 for more information.) You should check with the agency responsible for issuing licenses for information on its policies and application procedures. Also, prospective employers generally can ask you at some point in the process about your criminal conviction history before deciding whether or not to hire you. See PG. Error! Bookmark not defined. for more information.)

Public Notification

  1. 564

    Cal. Penal Code § 3003.6.

  2. 565

    Cal. Penal Code § 290.95(c).

  3. 566

    Cal. Penal Code § 290.95(a) and (b).

  4. 567

    Cal. Penal Code § 3003.6(b); Cal. Penal Code § 290.95(e).