CHAPTER 68

SB 219 - FINAL VERSION

03/13/03 0572s

2003 SESSION

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05/09

SENATE BILL 219

AN ACT relative to superior court notice to health care regulatory boards of felony convictions of health care providers.

SPONSORS: Sen. Peterson, Dist 11

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill limits the superior court clerk's notice obligation to those regulatory boards that the clerk reasonably believes license or regulate the convicted health care provider.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/13/03 0572s

03-1199

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to superior court notice to health care regulatory boards of felony convictions of health care providers.

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

68:1 Clerks of Court; Notice to Health Care Regulatory Boards. Amend RSA 499:10-a to read as follows:

499:10-a Notice to Health Care Regulatory Boards. Every clerk of the superior court shall, upon the felony conviction of any person licensed or registered as a health care provider in the state of New Hampshire, notify the appropriate health care regulatory board of such conviction. The clerk's duty under this section shall be limited to those instances where the clerk reasonably believes or knows that the person is a licensed health care provider.

68:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: May 27, 2003)

(Effective Date: July 26, 2003)