Bill Text - HB1659 (2022)

Relative to criminal history background checks for certain health care workers.


Revision: Feb. 10, 2022, 9:15 a.m.

Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3

February 7, 2022

2022-0532h

05/04

 

 

Amendment to HB 1659-FN

 

Amend RSA 151:2-d, II as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

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 public criminal history record information authorization, [form, as provided by the division of state police, which authorizes the release of his or her public criminal history record information to the facility pursuant to RSA 106-B:14 ] which authorizes the release of his or her public criminal history record information to the facility. 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 any person admitted to a facility or entity required to be licensed or certified under this chapter or who resides in an affiliated corporate entity that is an integral part of the same community.

 

Amend RSA 151:2-d, III(a) as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

(a)  Is under the direct on-site supervision of a licensed staff person, provided that this paragraph shall not be construed to waive any statutory requirement for direct supervision of a licensee or certificate holder;