New Jersey § 45:1-29
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 45:1-29, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45:1-29.
a. A professional and occupational licensing board within the Division of Consumer
Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety or the director who regulates the
practice of a health care professional, as applicable, shall not issue an initial
license or other authorization to practice a health care profession that is regulated
by that board or the director to any applicant therefor unless the board or director,
as applicable, first determines, consistent with section 8 of P.L.1978, c. 73 ( C.45:1-21 ), that no criminal history record information exists on file in the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, Identification Division, or in the State Bureau of Identification
in the Division of State Police, which may disqualify the applicant from being licensed
or otherwise authorized to practice as a health care professional. b. A board or the director, as applicable, shall not renew or, if renewed, shall revoke
a license or other authorization to practice a health care profession that is regulated
by that board or the director of any applicant therefor unless the board or director
determines, consistent with section 8 of P.L.1978, c. 73 ( C.45:1-21 ), that no criminal history record information exists on file in the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, Identification Division, or in the State Bureau of Identification
in the Division of State Police, which may provide grounds for the refusal to renew
the license or other authorization to practice as a health care professional. The director shall establish, by regulation, a schedule of dates by which the requirements
of this subsection shall be implemented, so that all licensees will have been required
to submit to a criminal history record background check beginning no later than four
years after the effective date of P.L.2005, c. 83 ( C.45:1-33 et al.). 1 The director may, in an emergent circumstance, temporarily waive the requirement to
undergo a criminal history record background check as a condition of renewal of a
license or other authorization to practice a health care profession. 1
L.2005, c. 83, effective October 30, 2005.
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