Nursing licensure or registration - Criminal history record checks
N.D. Cent. Code § 43-12.1-09.1
in effect43-12.1-09.1. Nursing licensure or registration - Criminal history record checks
The board shall require each applicant for initial licensure and registration, including applicants for a multistate license under chapter 43-12.4, to submit to a statewide and nationwide criminal history record check. The board may require any licensee or registrant who is renewing a license or registration, including renewal of a multistate license under chapter 43-12.4, and any licensee or registrant who is the subject of a disciplinary investigation or proceeding to submit to a statewide and nationwide criminal history record check. The nationwide criminal history record check must be conducted in the manner provided by section 12-60-24. All costs associated with obtaining a background check are the responsibility of the applicant, licensee, or registrant. The board may grant a nonrenewable temporary permit to an applicant for initial or renewed license or registration who submits to a criminal history record check as required by this chapter if the applicant has met all other licensure or registration requirements in accordance with subsection 2 of section 43-12.1-09. The board may not share with, or disclose to, the interstate commission of nurse licensure compact administrators any contents of a nationwide criminal history record check.
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