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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 65
BY SENATOR CHEEK
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
HEALTH CARE. Provides for an exception to the prohibition against employing a
nonlicensed person or licensed ambulance personnel when such person has been convicted
of certain criminal offenses. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1300.53(C)(2), relative to nonlicensed persons and licensed2
ambulance personnel; to provide for an exemption to the prohibition on employing3
a nonlicensed person or licensed ambulance personnel when such person has been4
convicted of certain offenses; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 40:1300.53(C)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows: 8
ยง1300.53. Refusal to hire or contract; termination of employment; exemption;9
appeal procedure; waiver10
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(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to an employee or13
contract provider who has been employed for twenty-four months of the preceding14
thirty-six months The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a nonlicensed15
person or licensed ambulance personnel who was working under a waiver16
granted under the law in effect prior to August 15, 2010, so long as that person17 SB NO. 65
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continues to be employed for the employer who granted the waiver and the1
person began employment for the employer prior to August 15, 2010, or a person2
who has received a pardon of the conviction.3
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Greg Waddell.
DIGEST
Proposed law clarifies an exemption in present law which allows certain employers to
employ a nonlicensed person or licensed ambulance personnel when such person has been
convicted of certain offenses if that person has remained employed with the same employer
since August 15, 2010, and the person was employed prior to August 15, 2010.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 40:1300.53(C)(2))