PRINTER'S NO. 446
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
444
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, COSTA, FONTANA, GORDNER, KANE, BROOKS,
LANGERHOLC, STEFANO AND J. WARD, MARCH 18, 2021
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
MARCH 18, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 26, 2016 (P.L.891, No.112), entitled
"An act authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join
the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; providing for the
form of the compact; and imposing additional powers and
duties on the Governor, the Secretary of the Commonwealth and
the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact," providing for
criminal background checks for expedited licensure
applicants.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of October 26, 2016 (P.L.891, No.112),
known as the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Act, is
amended by adding a section to read:
Section 2.1. Criminal background checks for expedited licensure
applicants.
(a) Submission.--For the purpose of administering the
criminal history background check required under Article V of
section 2 of the compact, the member board of this State shall
require an applicant for an expedited license under the compact
to submit to a criminal history background check conducted by
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the Pennsylvania State Police. The applicant shall submit
fingerprints and other identifying information to the
Pennsylvania State Police. The member board of this State shall
not consider an applicant for an expedited license who refuses
to comply with this subsection.
(b) Duties of Pennsylvania State Police.--In order to assist
the member board of this State in reviewing the criminal history
background of an applicant for an expedited license, the
Pennsylvania State Police or its designee shall do the
following:
(1) Provide the member board with a report of the
applicant's criminal history record information as defined in
18 Pa.C.S. § 9102 (relating to definitions) or a statement
that the Pennsylvania State Police central repository
contains no information relating to the applicant. The
criminal history record information under this paragraph
shall be limited to only the information authorized to be
disseminated under 18 Pa.C.S. § 9121(b)(2) (relating to
general regulations).
(2) Submit the applicant's fingerprints to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history
records check.
(3) Provide the member board with the national criminal
history record information of the applicant. The information
provided under this paragraph shall not be limited to only
the information authorized to be disseminated under 18
Pa.C.S. § 9121(b)(2).
(c) Use of criminal history record information.--Criminal
history record information obtained by the member board of this
State under this section shall be interpreted and used only to
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determine an applicant's eligibility for an expedited license.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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