The Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board will require mandatory background checks beginning fall 2025 forinitial applicants, reinstatements, and temporary licenses in marriage and family therapy. The Kansas Bureau ofInvestigation will handle processing for a…
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New Florida Law Aims to Make Background Screenings Easier
Effective July 1, 2025, Florida requires all health care practitioners—including those previously exempt—to undergoLevel 2 fingerprint-based background screening via the Department of Law Enforcement, both for new licensure and atthe first renewal after that date….
Nurse’s Arrest Shows Flaws in Tennessee Background Check Reports
Although the car of a Mid-South nurse was found with meth, marijuana and 600 prescription pills inside, her license has remained untarnished. The state’s licensure verification database, along with the national database, Nursys, both state “no history of disciplinary…
Background Check Law for Nursing Home Owners Creates Questions
Nursing home owners in the state of Georgia now are subject to the same requirements as frontline caregivers and other employees who interact with residents. Beginning Oct. 1, 2019, employees, owners and administrators will be required to undergo fingerprint…