HLS 19RS-735 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 230
BY REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to prohibited employment of licensed ambulance
personnel or nonlicensed persons convicted of certain offenses
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1203.3(A)(1), relative to ambulance personnel; to prohibit the
3 employment of licensed ambulance personnel or nonlicensed persons convicted of
4 certain offenses; to remove an outdated reference; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1203.3(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1203.3. Refusal to hire or contract; termination of employment; exemption; appeal
8 procedure; waiver
9 A. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 40:1203.2(C), no employer shall
10 hire any licensed ambulance personnel or nonlicensed person when the results of a
11 criminal history check reveal that the licensed ambulance personnel or nonlicensed
12 person has been convicted of any of the following offenses:
13 (1) R.S. 14:28.1, 30, 30.1, 31, 32.6, 32.7, 32.12, 34, 34.1, 34.7, 35.2, 37,
14 37.1, 37.4, 38.1, 42, 42.1, 43, 43.1, 43.2, 43.3, 43.5, 44, 44.1, 46.2, 51, 60, 62.1, 64,
15 64.1, 64.4, 66, 67.16, 89, 89.1, 93.3, 93.4, 93.5, 283.3 or distribution or possession
16 with the intent to distribute controlled dangerous substances as listed in Schedules
17 I through V of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 19RS-735 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 230
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 230 Original 2019 Regular Session Mike Johnson
Abstract: Adds to the enumerated list, certain offenses that will prohibit individuals from
obtaining employment as a licensed ambulance personnel or nonlicensed person.
Present law provides for the prohibition of employers from hiring licensed ambulance
personnel or nonlicensed person when they have been convicted of certain criminal offenses
enumerated within present law.
Proposed law removes a reference to R.S. 14:62.1, which has been repealed.
Proposed law adds the crime of identity theft to the list of prohibited offenses that would
prohibit employment as a licensed ambulance personnel or nonlicensed person.
Proposed law adds the crime of abuse of persons with infirmities through electronic means
to the list of prohibited offenses that would prohibit employment as a licensed ambulance
personnel or nonlicensed person.
(Amends R.S. 40:1203.3(A)(1))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.