New Jersey Statutes 45:1-29. Criminal history record background check required for licensure of health care professional
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:1-29
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. A board or the director, as applicable, shall not renew or, if renewed, shall revoke a license or other authorization to practice a health care profession that is regulated by that board or the director of any applicant therefor unless the board or director determines, consistent with section 8 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C. 45:1-21), that no criminal history record information exists on file in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division, or in the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police, which may provide grounds for the refusal to renew the license or other authorization to practice as a health care professional.
The director shall establish, by regulation, a schedule of dates by which the requirements of this subsection shall be implemented, so that all licensees will have been required to submit to a criminal history record background check beginning no later than four years after the effective date of P.L.2005, c.83 (C. 45:1-33 et al.).
The director may, in an emergent circumstance, temporarily waive the requirement to undergo a criminal history record background check as a condition of renewal of a license or other authorization to practice a health care profession.
L.2002,c.104,s.2; amended 2005, c.83, s.5.