New Hampshire SB 729: relative to the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

Bill Text

SB 729-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

03/11/2020 1083s

2020 SESSION

 20-2838

 10/05

SENATE BILL 729-FN

AN ACT relative to the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19; Rep. Grote, Rock. 24

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

 This bill adds cardiac electrophysiology specialist and cardiovascular invasive specialist to the licenses administered by the medical imaging and radiation therapy board. The bill also adds a requirement for a criminal history records check for medical imaging and radiation therapy license applicants, and modifies procedures for the board.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/11/2020 1083s 20-2838

 10/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT relative to the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 New Paragraphs; Definitions Added; Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy. Amend RSA 328-J:1 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraphs:

 I-a. “Cardiac electrophysiology specialist” means the individual who assists a physician with diagnosing and treating the electrical activities of the heart, including procedures involving invasive (intracardiac) catheter recording of spontaneous activity as well as of cardiac responses to programmed electrical stimulation (PES).

 I-b. “Cardiovascular invasive specialist” means the individual who assists a physician with cardiac catheterization procedures which can determine if a blockage exists in the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle and can help diagnose and treat other problems.

 2 Board; Quorum. Amend RSA 328-J:6 to read as follows:

 328-J:6 Organization and Meetings. The board shall hold meetings at least 2 times per year. Other meetings of the board shall be held at such times and upon such notice as the rules of the board provide. [Four members shall constitute] A quorum of the board shall be described in RSA 21:15.

 3 New Sections; Criminal History Records; Disciplinary History. Amend RSA 328-J by inserting after section 7 the following new sections:

 328-J:7-a Criminal History Record Checks. 

 I. The board of medical imaging and radiation therapy shall require criminal background checks for initial licensure, reinstatement of licensure or temporary licensure using a criminal history record release form, as provided by the New Hampshire division of state police which authorizes the release of his or her criminal history record, if any, to the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy. 

 (a) The applicant shall submit with the release form a complete set of fingerprints taken by a qualified law enforcement agency or an authorized employee of the department of safety. In the event that the first set of fingerprints is invalid due to insufficient pattern, a second set of fingerprints shall be necessary in order to complete the criminal history records check. If, after 2 attempts, a set of fingerprints is invalid due to insufficient pattern, the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy may, in lieu of the criminal history records check, accept police clearances from every city, town or county where the person has lived during the past 5 years. 

 (b) The board of medical imaging and radiation therapy shall submit the criminal history records release form and fingerprint form to the division of state police which shall conduct a criminal history records check through its records and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon completion of the records check, the division of state police shall release copies of the public conviction criminal history records to the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

 II. The board of medical imaging and radiation therapy shall review the criminal record information prior to making a decision on licensure and shall maintain the confidentiality of all criminal history records received pursuant to this section.

 III. The applicant shall bear the cost of all criminal history record checks.

 IV. The board shall consider military security clearance for an individual actively serving in any component of the Department of Defense in lieu of criminal background checks. 

 328-J:7-b Records of Licensees and Disciplinary History. 

 I. The board shall maintain an electronic record of living or deceased persons who have ever been licensed to practice. The li