2016 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XII - PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE
Chapter 153-A - EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND TRAUMA SERVICES
Section 153-A:10-a - Criminal History Record Checks For Provider Licensure and Relicensure.

[RSA 153-A:10-a effective January 1, 2017.]     153-A:10-a Criminal History Record Checks For Provider Licensure and Relicensure. –
    I. Every applicant for initial licensure, reinstatement after license action from the division, or license renewal after lapsing, shall submit to the division a notarized criminal history record release form, as provided by the New Hampshire division of state police, department of safety, which authorizes the release of his or her criminal history record, if any, to the division.
    II. The applicant shall submit with the release form a complete set of fingerprints taken by a qualified law enforcement agency or an authorized employee of the department of safety. If the first set of fingerprints is invalid due to insufficient pattern, a second set of fingerprints shall be necessary in order to complete the criminal history records check. If, after 2 attempts, a set of fingerprints is invalid due to insufficient pattern, the division may, in lieu of the criminal history records check, accept police clearances from every city, town, or county where the person has lived during the past 5 years.
    III. The division shall submit the criminal history records release form and fingerprint form to the division of state police which shall conduct a criminal history records check through its records and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon completion of the records check, the division of state police shall release copies of the criminal history records to the division. The division shall maintain the confidentiality of all criminal history records information received pursuant to this section. The applicant shall bear the cost of a criminal history record check.

Source. 2016, 149:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.