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Alaska Statutes.

Title 18. Health, Safety, and Housing

Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities

Section 302. Criminal Background Check For Employees.

AS 18.20.302. Criminal Background Check For Employees.

(a) A nursing facility may not employ an individual in a paid position that the department has determined is covered by this section, according to its regulations, unless the individual, before beginning employment,

(1) provides to the facility a sworn statement as to whether the individual has been convicted of an offense described in (c) of this section;

(2) provides to the facility the results of a name-check criminal background investigation that was completed by the Department of Public Safety no more than 30 days before the individual is hired; and

(3) submits to the facility two full sets of the individual's fingerprints.

(b) Within 30 days after employing an individual in a paid position, a nursing facility shall submit to the Department of Public Safety the fingerprints and fees obtained under (a)(3) of this section. The Department of Public Safety shall submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. When the results are received, the department shall advise the facility of

(1) the date on which the fingerprint background check was completed; and

(2) whether the check shows that the individual has committed an offense described in (c) of this section.

(c) A nursing facility may not hire or retain an employee who has been convicted of an offense listed in the department's regulations as being an offense covered by this section.

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