4. The Department of Health shall assume the cost of the criminal history record background check conducted on an applicant for nurse aide or personal care assistant certification, or a certified nurse aide or personal care assistant, as the case may be, pursuant to sections 2 through 6 and section 14 of P.L.1997, c.100 (C. 26:2H-83 through 87 and C. 53:1-20.9a).

L.1997, c.100, s.4; amended 1997, c.284, s.4; 2000, c.20, s.3; 2012, c.17, s.242.