GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 59

Committee Substitute Favorable 2/17/11

Senate Judiciary II Committee Substitute Adopted 4/4/11

Short Title:        Sex Offenders Can't Be EMS Personnel.	(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

February 9, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to prohibit sex offenders from being emergency medical services personnel.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 131E-159 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(h) A person who is required to register as a sex offender under Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes, or who was convicted of an offense which would have required registration if committed at a time when such registration would have been required by law,    shall not be granted EMS credentials. The Department shall not renew the credentials of any person who would be ineligible for EMS credentials under this subsection."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.