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An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Reporting of Crimes on the Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1812-G, sub-§6, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 376, §2, is amended to read:
 
A.  An individual may not be employed in a hospital, nursing facility, home health agency or assisted housing program as a certified nursing assistant if that individual has been convicted in a court of law of a crime involving abuse, neglect or misappropriation of property in a health care setting or a crime involving sexual assault, domestic violence assault, domestic violence criminal threatening, domestic violence terrorizing, domestic violence stalking, domestic violence reckless conduct or stalking; and
 
SUMMARY
Current law prohibits an individual from employment as a certified nursing assistant in certain settings if the individual has been convicted of a crime involving abuse, neglect or misappropriation of property in a health care setting. This bill amends the list of crimes that preclude an individual from employment as a certified nursing assistant in certain settings to add crimes involving sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking.