Bill Text: NJ S1533 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires State Board of Medical Examiners to conduct international criminal history background checks and check employer references for licensees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee [S1533 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S1533-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1533

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 27, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  LORETTA WEINBERG

District 37 (Bergen)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires State Board of Medical Examiners to conduct international criminal history background checks and check employer references for licensees.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on January 29, 2015, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning licensure by the State Board of Medical Examiners and supplementing Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    In addition to the requirements of section 2 of P.L.2002, c.104 (C.45:1-29), the State Board of Medical Examiners shall not issue or renew a license to any applicant for licensure unless the board first determines, consistent with section 8 of P.L.1978, c.78 (C.45:1-21) and any other applicable law or regulation, that no criminal history record information exists on file with the law enforcement authorities of any foreign country in which the applicant has resided, unless the board determines that it cannot obtain reliable criminal history records from the foreign country.

 

     2.    When applying for initial licensure by the State Board of Medical Examiners, an applicant shall identify and provide contact information for any employers ¹in the medical or health care fields¹ for whom the applicant has worked in the previous ten years.  The board shall not issue an initial license to an applicant unless the board first contacts all of those employers identified by the applicant that the board is able to contact, and determines ¹[that]¹ , consistent with section 8 of P.L.1978, c.78 (C.45:1-21), R.S.45:9-6, and any other applicable law or regulation, that the applicant is of good moral character and is capable of discharging the functions of a licensee in a manner consistent with the public's health, safety, and welfare.

 

     3.    The State Board of Medical Examiners, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.

 

     4.    This act shall take effect ¹either¹ on the first day of the ¹[seventh] thirteenth¹ month next following the date of enactment, ¹[but] or on the first day next following the date on which¹ the State Board of Medical Examiners ¹[may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act] creates an online licensure application process, whichever occurs first¹.