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Class Policy - Background Check
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Policy: All students entering the Nursing Assistant Training program must complete a Criminal History Check application and consent to having the background check performed by the Oregon State Police Identification Services Division prior to entering the program. The results must be returned prior to the student participating in the clinical experience portion of the program.
Purpose: To meet the requirements of the Oregon State Board of Nursing and the Department of Human Services, and to ensure that relevant criminal background information is researched and screened prior to students moving into a clinical setting where they would have contact with residents.
Procedure:
- As required by law, all applicants must submit to a background check. At the time of enrollment, the student must voluntarily complete an Oregon State Police Criminal History Request form giving their permission for the program to conduct the background check.
- The completed form will be submitted by the Program Director to the Oregon State Police Identification Services Section.
- If the instructor or Program Director cannot answer all of a prospective student’s questions about these requirements, they may call the OSBN office at 971-673-0685 and ask to speak to one of the Practice Advisors for further clarification of the laws and requirements regarding the criminal background check.
- Certain criminal convictions preclude licensure by the Oregon State Board of Nursing and other criminal convictions will prevent a finding of fitness for employment in the long term care setting. A list of these crimes will be provided to each applicant prior to admission to the program.
- If an applicant fails to disclose a conviction and the background check reveals a critical conviction, the applicant will be expelled from the program, even if he/she has been accepted and has paid tuition. No refunds will be permitted if student is expelled for failure to disclose criminal conviction information.
- The results of this background check must be available before the student will be allowed to participate in the clinical experience portion of the program.
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