Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 3 histories
190.196. Employer to comply with requirements of licensure — report of charges filed against licensee, when. — 1. No employer shall knowingly employ or permit any employee to perform any services for which a license, certificate or other authorization is required by sections 190.001 to 190.245, or by rules adopted pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245, unless and until the person so employed possesses all licenses, certificates or authorizations that are required.
2. Any person or entity that employs or supervises a person's activities as an emergency medical responder, emergency medical dispatcher, emergency medical technician, registered nurse, physician assistant, or physician shall cooperate with the department's efforts to monitor and enforce compliance by those individuals subject to the requirements of sections 190.001 to 190.245.
3. Any person or entity who employs individuals licensed by the department pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245 shall report to the department within seventy-two hours of their having knowledge of any charges filed against a licensee in their employ for possible criminal action involving the following felony offenses:
(1) Child abuse or sexual abuse of a child;
(2) Crimes of violence; or
(3) Rape or sexual abuse.
4. Any licensee who has charges filed against him or her for the felony offenses in subsection 3 of this section shall report such an occurrence to the department within seventy-two hours of the charges being filed.
5. The department will monitor these reports for possible licensure action authorized pursuant to section 190.165.
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(L. 1998 S.B. 743, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1107, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1977, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1355 merged with S.B. 870, A.L. 2020 H.B. 1682 merged with H.B. 2046)