Revision: Jan. 24, 2017, 12:27 p.m.
SB 152 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0860
10/01
SENATE BILL 152
AN ACT relative to criminal history background checks for certain health care workers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. S. Schmidt, Carr. 6; Rep. Fothergill, Coos 1
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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This bill allows for temporary employment in a residential care facility or as a licensed nursing assistant by persons awaiting the results of a criminal history background check.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0860
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to criminal history background checks for certain health care workers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing; Employment. Amend RSA 151:2-d, III to read as follows:
III. The licensee or certificate holder shall submit the notarized criminal conviction record release authorization form to the division of state police after an applicant accepts a conditional offer of employment. The licensee or certificate holder shall review the results of the criminal conviction record check before making a final offer of employment. [An employee shall not begin work before the final offer of employment is made.] Pending the results of the criminal conviction record check an employee may begin working provisionally if he or she is under the direct supervision of a licensed staff person and he or she has revealed no disqualifying criminal history on the notarized criminal conviction record release authorization form.
2 Nurse Practice Act; Temporary Licensure. Amend RSA 326-B:24 to read as follows:
326-B:24 Temporary Licenses; All Licensees.
I. The board may issue temporary licenses, as provided in [paragraph] paragraphs II and III, to applicants who meet entry level licensing requirements in the license category. A temporary license shall expire on the date the board approves or denies the permanent license sought by the holder of the temporary license, or in 120 days, whichever is less.
II. The following applicants for licensure as RNs or LPNs may be issued temporary licenses:
(a) Unlicensed applicants for licensure under paragraph I and applicants for licensure under RSA 326-B who have met all requirements for licensure except that they have not yet taken the required examination or the results of the examination are not yet available to the board.
(b) If they can demonstrate proficiency in English, currently foreign-licensed applicants for licensure under RSA 326-B who have met all requirements for licensure except that they have not yet taken the required examination or the results of the examination are not yet available to the board.
(c) Applicants for licensure under RSA 326-B who have met all of the requirements of that paragraph and are awaiting the board's decision on their application for permanent licensure.
III. Applicants for licensure as licensed nursing assistants shall be issued temporary licenses if they have passed the examination required under RSA 326-B:19 and are awaiting the results of the criminal history background check required under RSA 326-B:15, provided however that the applicant shall have passed a criminal history background check as part of a board-approved nursing assistant education program.
IV. Applicants described in [paragraph] paragraphs II and III who have received temporary licenses shall practice only under the supervision of an RN currently licensed in New Hampshire.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.