Revision: Nov. 9, 2017, 9:32 a.m.
HB 1556 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2065
10/04
HOUSE BILL 1556
SPONSORS: Rep. L. Ober, Hills. 37; Rep. Emerick, Rock. 21; Rep. M. MacKay, Hills. 30; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Rep. Spanos, Belk. 3; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill limits the types of crimes for which barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians, and licensed nursing assistants are refused as applicants for licensure or are subjected to disciplinary action.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2065
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Barbering, Cosmetology, and Estheticians; Rulemaking; Applications. Amend RSA 313-A:8, XV to read as follows:
XV. The review criteria for board consideration of an applicant's "good professional character,'' provided such rules shall not prohibit an applicant from licensure for the conviction of a crime unless the applicant has been convicted of a violent crime as defined in RSA 651:5, XIII;
2 Barbering, Cosmetology, and Estheticians; Disciplinary Action; Violent Crime. Amend RSA 313-A:22, II(b) to read as follows:
(b) Conviction of a felony [or any offense involving moral turpitude] which is a violent crime as defined in RSA 651:5, XIII;
3 Nursing; Applicants for Licensed Nursing Assistant. Amend RSA 326-B:16, III to read as follows:
III. Report any pending criminal charges, criminal convictions, or plea arrangement in lieu of convictions; provided that for applicants for licensed nursing assistant, such reporting of charges, convictions, or plea arrangements shall be limited to violent crimes as defined in RSA 651:5, XIII and criminal neglect of elderly, disabled, or impaired adults under RSA 631:8.
4 Nursing; Disciplinary Action; Licensed Nursing Assistants. Amend RSA 326-B:37, II(c) to read as follows:
(c) Convictions by a court or any plea to a crime in any jurisdiction that relates adversely to the practice of nursing or to the ability to practice nursing; provided that for licensed nursing assistants, grounds for discipline shall be limited to charges, convictions, or plea arrangements for violent crimes as defined in RSA 651:5, XIII and criminal neglect of elderly, disabled, or impaired adults under RSA 631:8.
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.