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Attorney General and nurses group back technical fix to Board of Nursing background-check statute
Summary
The Attorney General's office urged the committee to amend Ohio law to specify recipients of Board of Nursing criminal-record checks to meet FBI standards, and the Ohio Nurses Association supported the intent while urging protections for workforce fairness, confidentiality and rehabilitation pathways.
Vice Chair Dieter called House Bill 440 for its second hearing. Heather Plahuta of the Attorney General's office said the FBI had identified statutory language in the Ohio Revised Code as insufficiently specific about who may receive Board of Nursing criminal-record-check results; HB 440 would revise that language to align with federal standards and preserve uninterrupted…
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