GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1081

Short Title:  Crim. Record Checks/ Hospitals.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Cooper.
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Referred to:  Judiciary I.
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May 10, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF  JUSTICE MAY PROVIDE CRIMINAL RECORD CHECKS TO HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 4 of Chapter 114 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 114-19.3. Criminal record checks of personnel of hospitals and other health care facilities.
(a)	The Department of Justice may provide a criminal record check to hospitals and other health care facilities licensed under Chapters 131E and 122C of the General Statutes, including to contract health care agencies of area mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse authority that are subject to the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 122C of the General Statutes, of a person who is employed by the area authority or of a person who has applied for employment if the employee or applicant consents to the record check.  The information shall be kept confidential by the hospital or other health care facility.
(b)	The Department of Justice shall charge a reasonable fee for conducting a criminal record check under this section.  The fee shall not exceed the actual cost of locating, editing, researching, and retrieving the information.
(c)	The Department of Justice shall adopt rules to implement this section."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.