Criminal checks protect elderly: State requires nursing homes to screen workers
Tuesday, July 5th, 2005.
Rochester, NY - A new state Department of Health regulation [would require] nursing facilities and home health care agencies to run pre-employment criminal background checks on nonlicensed personnel who work directly with patients.
Such checks are already standard in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Texas, California and Florida.
Under the new rule, people who have been convicted of the most serious felonies are barred from ever getting a job in the health care industry, while lesser felons are barred for 10 years after conviction.
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