Revision: Feb. 12, 2009, midnight
SB 95 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
02/12/09 0151s
2009 SESSION
01/05
SENATE BILL 95
AN ACT relative to criminal records checks for volunteers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Rep. Irwin, Hills 3; Rep. Millham, Belk 5; Rep. Headd, Rock 3; Rep. Bouchard, Merr 11
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
This bill adds a definition of “volunteers” for the purposes of the criminal record check required for potential employees in health care facilities.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/12/09 0151s
09-0986
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to criminal records checks for volunteers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Health Care Facility Licensing; Criminal Record Check. Amend RSA 151:2-d, II to read as follows:
II. For the duration of licensure or certification every individual selected for employment with any facility or entity required to be licensed or certified under this chapter shall submit to the employer a notarized criminal conviction record release authorization form, as provided by the division of state police, which authorizes the release of his or her criminal conviction record to the facility pursuant to RSA 106-B:14. This shall apply to any employee, including volunteers, whose scope of employment will involve direct contact with a client, client records or client tissue, body fluids, or other biological material. For the purposes of this paragraph “volunteers” shall not include individuals who reside in the facility or entity required to be licensed or certified under this chapter or in an affiliated corporate entity that is an integral part of the same community.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.