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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Naughton, Kennedy, Diaz, Williams, and Slater | |
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Date Introduced: February 14, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House Finance | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Title 12 of the General Laws entitled "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE" is |
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hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
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CHAPTER 1.6 |
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NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK SYSTEM |
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12-1.6-1. Automated fingerprint identification system database. -- The department of |
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attorney general may establish and maintain an automated fingerprint identification system |
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database that would allow the department to store and maintain all fingerprints submitted in |
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accordance with the national criminal records check system. The automated fingerprint |
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identification system database would provide for an automatic notification if, and when, a |
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subsequent criminal arrest fingerprint card is submitted to the system and matches a set of |
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fingerprints previously submitted in accordance with a national criminal records check. If the |
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aforementioned arrest results in a conviction, the department shall immediately notify those |
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individuals and entities with which that individual is associated and who are required to be |
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notified of disqualifying information concerning national criminal records checks as provided in |
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the general laws. The information in the database established under this section is confidential |
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and not subject to disclosure under the access to public records act, chapter 2 of title 38 of the |
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general laws. |
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12-1.6-2. Long-term health care workers. -- The department of the attorney general |
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shall maintain an electronic web-based system to assist facilities, licensed under chapters 23-17, |
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23-17.4, 23-17.7.1 or section 23-1-52, required to check relevant registries and conduct national |
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criminal records checks of routine contact patient employees. The department of the attorney |
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general shall provide for an automated notice, as authorized in section 12-1.6-1, to those facilities |
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if a routine contact patient employee is subsequently convicted of a disqualifying offense, as |
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described in the relevant licensing statute. The department of the attorney general may charge a |
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facility a one-time set up fee of up to one hundred dollars ($100) for access to the electronic web- |
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based system under this section. |
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12-1.6-3. Immunity from liability. -- The department of attorney general, the |
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department of health, or an employer who disqualifies an applicant from employment or |
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continued employment on the basis of a disqualification notice as described in section 12-1.6-2 or |
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of a national criminal records check relating to disqualifying information shall not be liable for |
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civil damages or subject to any claim, demand, cause of action, or proceeding of any nature as a |
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result of the disqualification. |
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12-1.6-4. Rules and regulations. – The department of attorney general may promulgate |
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rules and regulations to carry out the intent of this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. Section 23-1-52 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-1 entitled "Department |
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of Health" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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23-1-52. Adult day care program licensure. – (a) The director is authorized and |
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directed to establish a program for the licensure of adult day care programs. "Adult day care |
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program" shall mean a comprehensive, nonresidential program designed to address the biological, |
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psychological, and social needs of adults through individual plans of care that incorporate, as |
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needed, a variety of health, social and related support services in a protective setting. The director |
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is further authorized to promulgate regulations as he or she deems necessary to implement these |
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provisions. |
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(b) Any person seeking employment in any adult day care facility licensed herein and |
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having routine contact with an adult day care client or having access to such a client’s belongings |
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or funds shall undergo a national criminal records check, which shall include fingerprints |
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submitted to the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) by the bureau of criminal identification of |
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the department of the attorney general or a designated vendor approved by the department of the |
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attorney general. The national criminal records check shall be processed prior to or within one |
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week of employment. All persons who, as of July 1, 2013, are already employed by an adult day |
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care facility and all persons who, as of such date, already provide services under this section shall |
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be exempted from the requirements of this section for purposes of their current employment only. |
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All persons required to undergo a national criminal records check under this section shall not be |
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required to comply with the provisions of this section if they provide their potential employer |
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with evidence that they have undergone a national criminal records check in the preceding three |
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(3) years, but not before July 1, 2013, and they may request from the bureau of criminal |
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identification a letter indicating if any disqualifying information was discovered. |
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(1) The director may by rule, identify those positions requiring national criminal records |
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checks. The employee, through the employer, shall apply to the bureau of criminal identification |
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of the department of the attorney general for a national criminal records check. Upon the |
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discovery of any disqualifying information as defined in subsection 23-1-52(c) and in accordance |
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with rules promulgated by the director, the bureau of criminal identification of the department of |
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the attorney general shall inform the applicant in writing of the nature of the disqualifying |
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information; and, without disclosing the nature of the disqualifying information, shall notify the |
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employer in writing that disqualifying information has been discovered. |
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(2) An employee against whom disqualifying information has been found may provide a |
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copy of the national criminal records check to the employer. The employer shall make a judgment |
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regarding the continued employment of the employee. |
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(3) In those situations in which no disqualifying information has been found, the bureau |
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of criminal identification of the department of the attorney general shall inform the applicant and |
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the employer in writing of this fact. |
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(4) The employer shall maintain on file, subject to inspection by the department of health, |
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evidence that statewide criminal records checks have been initiated on all employees seeking |
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employment between January 1, 2008 and June 30, 2013, and the results of the checks. The |
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employer shall maintain on file, subject to inspection by the department, evidence that national |
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criminal records checks have been initiated on all employees seeking employment on or after July |
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1, 2013, and the results of those checks. Failure to maintain that evidence may be grounds to |
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revoke the license or registration of the employer. |
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(5) The employee shall be responsible for the cost of conducting the national criminal |
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records check through the bureau of criminal identification of the department of the attorney |
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general or a vendor designated by the department of the attorney general. |
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(c) Information produced by a national criminal records check pertaining to conviction, |
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for the following crimes will result in a letter to the employee and employer disqualifying the |
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applicant from employment: murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, first |
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degree sexual assault, second degree sexual assault, third degree sexual assault, assault on persons |
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sixty (60) years of age or older, assault with intent to commit specified felonies (murder, robbery, |
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rape, burglary, or the abominable and detestable crimes against nature), felony assault, patient |
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abuse, neglect or mistreatment of patients, burglary, first degree arson, robbery, felony drug |
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offenses, felony obtaining money under false pretenses, felony embezzlement, abuse, neglect |
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and/or exploitation of adults with severe impairments, exploitation of elders, felony larceny, or |
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felony banking law violations, or a crime under section 1128(a) of the Social Security Act (42 |
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U.S.C. section 1320a-7(a)). An employee against whom disqualifying information has been found |
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may provide a copy of the national criminal records check to the employer who shall make a |
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judgment regarding the continued employment of the employee. For purposes of this subsection, |
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“conviction” means, in addition to judgments of conviction entered by a court subsequent to a |
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finding of guilty or a plea of guilty, those instances where the defendant has entered a plea of |
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nolo contendere and has received a sentence of probation and those instances where a defendant |
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has entered into a deferred sentence agreement with the attorney general. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 23-17-34 and 23-17-37 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-17 |
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entitled "Licensing of Health Care Facilities" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
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23-17-34. Criminal records review -- Nursing facilities -- Home nursing care |
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providers and home care providers. -- (a) Any person seeking employment in a nursing facility, |
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a home nursing care provider, hospice provider or a home care provider which is or is required to |
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be licensed, registered or certified with the department of health if that employment involves |
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routine contact with a patient or resident without the presence of other employees, shall undergo a |
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national criminal |
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federal bureau of investigation (FBI) by the bureau of criminal identification of the department of |
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the attorney general or a designated vendor approved by the department of the attorney general. |
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The national criminal records check shall |
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employment. |
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covered facility or provider and all persons who, as of such date, already provide services under |
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this chapter shall be exempted from the requirements of this section for purposes of their current |
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employment only. All persons required to undergo a national criminal records check under this |
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section shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this section if they provide their |
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potential employer with evidence that they have undergone a national criminal records check in |
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the preceding three (3) years, but not before July 1, 2013, and they may request from the bureau |
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of criminal identification a letter indicating if any disqualifying information was discovered. |
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(b) The director of the department of health may by rule identify those positions requiring |
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criminal |
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to the bureau of criminal identification of the |
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attorney general for a |
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in accordance with the rule promulgated by the director of health, the bureau of criminal |
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identification of the |
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the applicant, in writing, of the nature of the disqualifying information; and, without disclosing |
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the nature of the disqualifying information, will notify the employer, in writing, that disqualifying |
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information has been discovered. |
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(c) An employee against whom disqualifying information has been found may provide |
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employer who shall make a judgment regarding the continued employment of the employee. |
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(d) In those situations in which no disqualifying information has been found, the bureau |
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of criminal identification of the |
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shall inform the applicant and the employer, in writing, of this fact. |
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(e) The employer shall maintain on file, subject to inspection by the department of |
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health, evidence that statewide criminal records checks have been initiated on all employees |
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seeking employment |
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checks. The employer shall maintain on file, subject to inspection by the department of health, |
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evidence that national criminal records checks have been initiated on all employees seeking |
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employment on or after July 1, 2013, and the results of those checks. Failure to maintain that |
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evidence would be grounds to revoke the license or registration of the employer. |
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(f) |
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responsible for the cost of conducting the national criminal records check through the bureau of |
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criminal identification of the department of the attorney general or a vendor designated by the |
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department of the attorney general. |
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23-17-37. Disqualifying information. -- (a) Information produced by a criminal records |
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review pertaining to conviction, for the following crimes will result in a letter to the employee |
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and employer disqualifying the applicant from employment: murder, voluntary manslaughter, |
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involuntary manslaughter, first degree sexual assault, second degree sexual assault, third degree |
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sexual assault, assault on persons sixty (60) years of age or older, assault with intent to commit |
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specified felonies (murder, robbery, rape, burglary, or the abominable and detestable crime |
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against nature) felony assault, patient abuse, neglect or mistreatment of patients, burglary, first |
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degree arson, robbery, felony drug offenses, |
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obtaining money under false pretenses, felony embezzlement, abuse, neglect and/or exploitation |
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of adults with severe impairments, exploitation of elders, or a crime under section 1128(a) of the |
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social security act (42 U.S.C. section 1320a-7(a)). An employee against whom disqualifying |
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information has been found may |
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employment of the employee. |
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(b) For purposes of this section, "conviction" means, in addition to judgments of |
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conviction entered by a court subsequent to a finding of guilty or a plea of guilty, those instances |
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where the defendant has entered a plea of nolo contendere and has received a sentence of |
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probation and those instances where a defendant has entered into a deferred sentence agreement |
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with the attorney general. |
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SECTION 4. Chapter 23-17 of the General Laws entitled "Licensing of Health Care |
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Facilities" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
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23-17-60. Criminal records review - long-term care hospital. – (a) For the purposes of |
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this section, a “long-term care hospital” shall mean a facility as described in 42 U.S.C. section |
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1395ww(d)(1)(iv), which receives payment for inpatient services it provides to Medicare |
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beneficiaries pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1395ww(m). |
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(b) Any person seeking employment in any long-term care hospital having routine |
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contact with a long-term care hospital patient or having access to such a patient’s belongings or |
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funds shall undergo a national criminal records check, which shall include fingerprints submitted |
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to the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) by the bureau of criminal identification of the |
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department of the attorney general or a designated vendor approved by the department of the |
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attorney general. The national criminal records check shall be processed prior to or within one |
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week of employment. All persons who, as of July 1, 2013, are already employed by a long-term |
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care hospital and all persons who, as of such date, already provide services under this section |
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shall be exempted from the requirements of this section for purposes of their current employment |
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only. All persons required to undergo a national criminal records check under this section shall |
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not be required to comply with the provisions of this section if they provide their potential |
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employer with evidence that they have undergone a national criminal records check in the |
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preceding three (3) years, but not before July 1, 2013, and they may request from the bureau of |
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criminal identification a letter indicating if any disqualifying information was discovered. |
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(1) The director may by rule identify those positions requiring national criminal records |
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checks. The employee, through the employer, shall apply to the bureau of criminal identification |
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of the department of the attorney general for a national criminal records check. Upon the |
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discovery of any disqualifying information as defined in subsection 23-17-60(c) and in |
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accordance with the rule promulgated by the director, the bureau of criminal identification of the |
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department of the attorney general shall inform the applicant in writing of the nature of the |
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disqualifying information; and, without disclosing the nature of the disqualifying information, |
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shall notify the employer in writing that disqualifying information has been discovered. |
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(2) An employee against whom disqualifying information has been found may provide a |
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copy of the national criminal records report to the employer. The employer shall make a judgment |
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regarding the continued employment of the employee. |
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(3) In those situations in which no disqualifying information has been found, the bureau |
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of criminal identification of the department of the attorney general shall inform the applicant and |
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the employer in writing of this fact. |
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(4) The employer shall maintain on file, subject to inspection by the department, evidence |
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that statewide criminal records checks have been initiated on all employees seeking employment |
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between October 1, 1991 and June 30, 2013, and the results of the checks. The employer shall |
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maintain on file, subject to inspection by the department, evidence that national criminal records |
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checks have been initiated on all employees seeking employment on or after July 1, 2013, and the |
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results of those checks. Failure to maintain that evidence would be grounds to revoke the license |
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or registration of the employer. |
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(5) The employee shall be responsible for the cost of conducting the national criminal |
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records check through the bureau of criminal identification of the department of the attorney |
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general or a vendor designated by the department of the attorney general. |
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(c) Information produced by a national criminal records check pertaining to conviction, |
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for the following crimes will result in a letter to the employee and employer disqualifying the |
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applicant from employment: murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, first |
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degree sexual assault, second degree sexual assault, third degree sexual assault, assault on persons |
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sixty (60) years of age or older, assault with intent to commit specified felonies (murder, robbery, |
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rape, burglary, or the abominable and detestable crimes against nature), felony assault, patient |
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abuse, neglect or mistreatment of patients, burglary, first degree arson, robbery, felony drug |
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offenses, felony obtaining money under false pretenses, felony embezzlement, abuse, neglect |
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and/or exploitation of adults with severe impairments, exploitation of elders, felony larceny, or |
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felony banking law violations, or a crime under section 1128(a) of the Social Security Act (42 |
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U.S.C. section 1320a-7(a)). An employee against whom disqualifying information has been found |
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may provide a copy of the national criminal records check to the employer who shall make a |
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judgment regarding the continued employment of the employee. For purposes of this subsection, |
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“conviction” means, in addition to judgments of conviction entered by a court subsequent to a |
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finding of guilty or a plea of guilty, those instances where the defendant has entered a plea of |
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nolo contendere and has received a sentence of probation and those instances where a defendant |
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has entered into a deferred sentence agreement with the attorney general. |
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SECTION 5. Sections 23-17.4-27 and 23-17.4-30 of the General Laws in Chapter 23- |
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17.4 entitled "Assisted Living Residence Licensing Act" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
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23-17.4-27. Criminal records review. -- (a) Any person seeking employment in any |
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assisted living residence licensed under this act and having routine contact with a resident or |
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having access to a resident's belongings or funds shall undergo a national criminal |
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records check |
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(FBI) by the bureau of criminal identification of the department of the attorney general or a |
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designated vendor approved by the department of the attorney general. The national criminal |
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records check shall be processed prior to or within one week of employment. |
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persons who, as of July 1, 2013, are already employed by an assisted living residence and all |
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persons who, as of such date, already provide services under this chapter, shall be exempted from |
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the requirements of this section for purposes of their current employment only. All persons |
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required to undergo a national criminal records check under this section shall not be required to |
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comply with the provisions of this section if they provide their potential employer with evidence |
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that they have undergone a national criminal records check in the preceding three (3) years, but |
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not before July 1, 2013, and they may request from the bureau of criminal identification a letter |
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indicating if any disqualifying information was discovered. |
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(b) The director of the department of health may by rule identify those positions requiring |
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national criminal |
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the bureau of criminal identification of the |
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general for a |
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Upon the discovery of any disqualifying information as defined in section 23-17.4-30 and in |
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accordance with the rule promulgated by the director of health, the bureau of criminal |
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identification of the |
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the applicant in writing of the nature of the disqualifying information; and, without disclosing the |
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nature of the disqualifying information, will notify the employer in writing that disqualifying |
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information has been discovered. |
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(c) An employee against whom disqualifying information has been found may |
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employer. The administrator shall make a judgment regarding the continued employment of the |
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employee. |
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(d) In those situations in which no disqualifying information has been found, the bureau |
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of criminal identification (BCI) of the |
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general shall inform the applicant and the employer in writing of this fact. |
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(e) The employer shall maintain on file, subject to inspection by the department of |
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health, evidence that statewide national criminal records checks have been initiated on all |
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employees seeking employment between |
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of the checks. The employer shall maintain on file, subject to inspection by the department of |
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health, evidence that national criminal records checks have been initiated on all employees |
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seeking employment on or after July 1, 2013, and the results of those checks. Failure to maintain |
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that evidence would be grounds to revoke the license or registration of the employer. |
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conducting the national criminal records check through the bureau of criminal identification of |
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the department of the attorney general or a vendor designated by the department of the attorney |
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general. |
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23-17.4-30. Disqualifying information. -- (a) Information produced by a criminal |
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records review pertaining to conviction, for the following crimes will result in a letter to the |
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employee and employer disqualifying the applicant from employment: murder, voluntary |
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manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, first degree sexual assault, second degree sexual assault, |
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third degree sexual assault, assault on persons sixty (60) years of age or older, assault with intent |
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to commit specified felonies (murder, robbery, rape, burglary, or the abominable and detestable |
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crime against nature) felony assault, patient abuse, neglect or mistreatment of patients, burglary, |
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first degree arson, robbery, felony drug offenses, felony obtaining money under false pretenses, |
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felony embezzlement, abuse, neglect and/or exploitation of adults with severe impairments, |
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exploitation of elders, felony |
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1128(a) of the social security act (42 U.S.C. section 1320a-7(a)). An employee against whom |
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disqualifying information has been found |
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employment of the employee. |
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(b) For purposes of this section, "conviction" means, in addition to judgments of |
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conviction entered by a court subsequent to a finding of guilty or a plea of guilty, those instances |
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where the defendant has entered a plea of nolo contendere and has received a sentence of |
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probation and those instances where a defendant has entered into a deferred sentence agreement |
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with the attorney general. |
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SECTION 6. Sections 23-17.7.1-17 and 23-17.7.1-20 of the General Laws in Chapter 23- |
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17.7.1 entitled "Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
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23-17.7.1-17. Criminal records review. -- (a) Any person seeking employment in a |
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facility which is or is required to be licensed or registered with the department of health if that |
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employment involves routine contact with a patient or resident without the presence of other |
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employees, shall undergo a national criminal |
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fingerprints submitted to the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) by the bureau of criminal |
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identification of the department of the attorney general or a designated vendor approved by the |
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department of the attorney general. The national criminal records check shall be initiated prior to, |
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or within one week of, employment. |
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already employed by a covered facility and all persons who, as of such date, already provide |
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services under this chapter shall be exempt from the requirements of this section for purposes of |
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their current employment only. All persons required to undergo a national criminal records check |
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under this section shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this section if they |
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provide their potential employer with evidence that they have undergone a national criminal |
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records check in the preceding three (3) years, but not before July 1, 2013, and they may request |
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from the bureau of criminal identification a letter indicating if any disqualifying information was |
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discovered. |
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(b) The director of the department of health may, by rule, identify those positions |
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requiring national criminal |
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shall apply to the bureau of criminal identification of the |
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the attorney general for a national |
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and in accordance with the rule promulgated by the director of the department of health, the |
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bureau of criminal identification of the |
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general will inform the applicant, in writing, of the nature of the disqualifying information; and, |
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without disclosing the nature of the disqualifying information, will notify the employer, in |
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writing, that disqualifying information has been discovered. |
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(c) An employee against whom disqualifying information under section 23-17.7.1-20(b) |
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has been found may |
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employment of the employee. |
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(d) In those situations in which no disqualifying information has been found, the bureau |
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of criminal identification of the |
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shall inform the applicant and the employer, in writing, of this fact. |
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(e) The employer shall maintain on file, subject to inspection by the department of |
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health, evidence that criminal records checks have been initiated on all employees seeking |
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employment between October 1, 1991 and June 30, 2013, and the results of the checks. The |
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employer shall maintain on file, subject to inspection by the department of health, evidence that |
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national criminal records checks have been initiated on all employees seeking employment on or |
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after July 1, 2013, and the results of those checks. Failure to maintain that evidence would be |
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grounds to revoke the license or registration of the employer. |
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(f) |
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responsible for the cost of conducting the national criminal records check through the bureau of |
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criminal identification of the department of the attorney general or a vendor designated by the |
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department of the attorney general. |
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23-17.7.1-20. Disqualifying information. -- (a) Information produced by a criminal |
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records review pertaining to conviction, for the following crimes will result in a letter to the |
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employee and employer disqualifying the applicant from the employment: murder, voluntary |
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manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, first degree sexual assault, second degree sexual assault, |
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third degree sexual assault, assault on persons sixty (60) years of age or older, assault with intent |
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to commit specified felonies (murder, robbery, rape, burglary, or the abominable and detestable |
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crime against nature), felony assault, patient abuse, neglect or mistreatment of patients, first |
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degree arson, robbery, felony drug offenses, |
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obtaining money under false pretenses, felony embezzlement, abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation |
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of adults with severe impairments, exploitation of elders, felony larceny, or felony banking law |
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violations or a crime under section 1128(a) of the social security act (42 U.S.C. section 1320a- |
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7(a)). |
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(b) Information produced by a national criminal records |
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convictions for crimes other than those listed in subsection (a) of this section shall entitle, but not |
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obligate the employer to decline to hire the applicant. An employee against whom conviction |
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information related to this subsection has been found may |
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national criminal |
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determination regarding the continued employment of the employee. |
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(c) For purposes of this section "conviction" means, in addition to judgments of |
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conviction entered by a court subsequent to a finding of guilty or a plea of guilty, those instances |
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where the defendant has entered a plea of nolo contendere and has received a sentence of |
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probation and those instances where a defendant has entered into a deferred sentence agreement |
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with the attorney general. |
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SECTION 7. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2013. |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK | |
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This act would expand the type of criminal records check required for persons applying |
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to be routine contact patient employees in a long-term facility or provider. |
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This act would take effect on July 1, 2013. |
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