Yes. A person who is responsible for a child in respect of whom child-related work is being, or is about to be, performed, may request the person who is performing the work to provide their full name and unique identifier (if any) [Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA) s 44(1)]. .

It is an offence, with a maximum penalty of $10,000, for the person performing the child-related work to refuse or fail to comply with the request [s 44(2)]. A person can comply with a request in accordance with a scheme set out in the regulations.

Anyone may inspect the Screening Unit's records to check whether someone is prohibited from working with children and when their working with children check was conducted [ss 34 and 35]. A person who inspects the records should be given some evidence of the fact that they inspected the records [s 35(3)].

A parent may choose to simply ask a person who is working with their child whether they have a current working with children check. It is an offence for a person to falsely represent that they have had a working with children check in the last 5 years or that they are not a prohibited person. The maximum penalty is a fine of $50,000 or imprisonment for 1 year [s 45].