Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.7.1-20. Disqualifying information
(a) Information produced by a national criminal records check pertaining to conviction for the following crimes will result in a letter to the employee and employer disqualifying the applicant from the employment: murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, first-degree sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, third-degree sexual assault, assault on persons sixty (60) years of age or older, assault with intent to commit specified felonies (murder, robbery, rape, burglary, or the abominable and detestable crime against nature), felony assault, patient abuse, neglect or mistreatment of patients, first-degree arson, robbery, felony drug offenses, felony obtaining money under false pretenses, felony embezzlement, abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation of adults with severe impairments, exploitation of elders, felony larceny, or felony banking law violations or a crime under section 1128(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7(a)).
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.7.1-20
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
- Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
(b) Information produced by a national criminal records check pertaining to convictions for crimes other than those listed in subsection (a) of this section shall entitle, but not obligate the employer, to decline to hire the applicant. An employee against whom conviction information related to this subsection has been found may provide a copy of the national criminal records check to the employer who shall make a determination regarding the continued employment of the employee.
(c) For purposes of this section “conviction” means, in addition to judgments of conviction entered by a court subsequent to a finding of guilty or a plea of guilty, those instances where the defendant has entered a plea of nolo contendere and has received a sentence of probation and those instances where a defendant has entered into a deferred sentence agreement with the attorney general.
History of Section.
P.L. 2005, ch. 127, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 168, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 347, § 6; P.L. 2014, ch. 399, § 6.