Revision: April 19, 2018, 2:49 p.m.
HB 1684 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2018 SESSION
18-2354
10/04
HOUSE BILL 1684
AN ACT relative to criminal background checks for emergency medical services license applicants.
SPONSORS: Rep. Danielson, Hills. 7; Rep. White, Graf. 13
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill modifies the requirement for a criminal history background check for applicants for emergency medical services licensure or relicensure by removing certain procedural requirements and exempting persons employed as law enforcement officers.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2354
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to criminal background checks for emergency medical services license applicants.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Emergency Medical Services; Criminal History Background Checks RSA 153-A:10-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
153-A:10-a Criminal History Record Checks For Provider Licensure and Relicensure.
I. Every applicant for initial licensure, reinstatement after license action from the division, or license renewal after lapsing, shall complete a criminal history records check prior to such licensure, reinstatement, or renewal conducted through department of safety records and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon completion of the records check, the department of safety shall release copies of the criminal history records to the division.
II. If, after 2 attempts, a set of fingerprints is invalid due to insufficient pattern, the division may, in lieu of the criminal history records check, accept a statewide criminal history records background check from the appropriate state identification bureau, or equivalent, from every state where the person has lived or worked during the past 10 years.
III. The division shall maintain the confidentiality of all criminal history records information received pursuant to this section. The applicant shall bear the cost of a criminal history record check.
IV. An applicant for licensure under RSA 153-A:11 who is currently employed as a certified law enforcement officer in this state in a position which requires a criminal history records check, shall not be subject to the requirement in paragraph I for completion of a criminal history records check prior to initial or renewal of licensure.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.