B. Beyond the 10-year period, ex-offender applicants or licensees with no additional convictions must be considered in the same manner as applicants or licensees possessing no prior criminal record for the purposes of licensing decisions.

C. There is no time limitation for consideration of a registrant's, an applicant's or licensee's conduct that gave rise to the criminal conviction if that conduct is otherwise a ground for disciplinary action.

PART B

Sec. B-1. 32 MRSA §1101, sub-§4-A, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 413, §32, are amended to read:

A. School administrative units; and

B. Nonprofit organizations; and.

Sec. B-2. 32 MRSA §1101, sub-§4-A, ¶C, as amended by PL 1995, c. 325, §5, is repealed.

PART C

Sec. C-1. 32 MRSA §4861, sub-§5, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 251, §2, is further amended to read:

B. Has paid the application required examination and license fees fee as set under section 4863-A;

Sec. C-2. 32 MRSA §4864, sub-§9, as repealed and replaced by PL 1977, c. 78, §187, is amended to read:

9. Cruelty to animals. The performance of any inhumane or cruel act, as established by the board in accordance with Title 17, chapter 43 and Title 17-A, section 510, and by applicable civil and criminal laws and rules in the treatment or care of any animal;

Sec. C-3. 32 MRSA §4865, as amended by PL 1993, c. 404, Pt. A, §10, is further amended to read: