CHAPTER 494
H.P. 1405 - L.D. 1843
An Act to Require that Temporary Nurse Agencies Verify Certified Nursing Assistants' Eligibility Before Hiring Certified Nursing Assistants
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2131, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:
1-A. Verifying certified nursing assistant eligibility. A health care institution, facility or organization, including a temporary nurse agency employing a certified nursing assistant, shall, before hiring a certified nursing assistant, verify that the certified nursing assistant is listed on the Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants established under section 1812-G with no annotations to prohibit the hiring of that individual according to state and federal regulations.
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2131, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 579, §4, is amended to read:
4. Penalty. Any person who operates a temporary nurse agency without registering or who fails to verify the inclusion of a certified nursing assistant on the Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants before hiring that certified nursing assistant pursuant to subsection 1-A commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of $100 may be adjudged. Each day constitutes a separate violation.
Effective July 25, 2002, unless otherwise indicated.
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