Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, §1812-G - Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers

What this rule requires your agency to do

• 1An individual with a disqualifying offense, including a substantiated finding or a disqualifying criminal conviction, may not work as a certified nursing assistant, a direct care worker or an immediate supervisor, and an employer is subject to penalties for employing a disqualified or otherwise ineligible person (§1812-G(6)).(Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, §1812-G - Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers)
• 2A certified nursing assistant, registered direct care worker or immediate supervisor with a notation of a substantiated finding on the registry is banned for life from employment as a CNA, direct care worker or immediate supervisor (§1812-G(13)).(Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, §1812-G - Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers)
• 3Department rules must include a table of crimes categorizing convictions as disqualifying or nondisqualifying; a disqualifying criminal conviction prohibits employment and subjects the individual to an employment ban of 5, 10 or 30 years (§1812-G(6-C)).(Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, §1812-G - Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers)
• 4Licensed, certified or registered providers shall secure and pay for a background check prior to hiring an individual who will work in direct contact with clients, patients or residents, including a CNA, direct care worker or immediate supervisor (§1812-G(6-A)(B)).(Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, §1812-G - Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers)
• 5An employer that employs an individual as a direct access worker shall verify that the direct access worker has no disqualifying offenses (§1812-G(5-A)).(Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, §1812-G - Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers)
• 6An employer that employs an individual as a certified nursing assistant shall verify that the CNA is listed as active and has no disqualifying notations on the registry (§1812-G(5)).(Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, §1812-G - Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers)
• 7A person or legal entity not otherwise licensed by the department that employs or places a CNA or direct care worker to provide services allowing direct access shall secure and pay for a background check in accordance with state law and department rules (§1812-G(6-A)(D)).(Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, §1812-G - Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers)