Criminal Background Check, NAR & EMR Registry Check
Prior to employment, we must conduct a State of Texas Criminal History Check and search the Nurse Aide and Employee Misconduct Registry to determine if you have a criminal conviction or if you have committed certain conduct that bars employment with our agency. If you have been convicted of any of the following offenses or are listed in the registry you may NOT be employed by our agency.
Sec.250.006. CONVICTIONS BARRING EMPLOYMENT
Subsection A: A person for whom the facility is entitled to obtain criminal history record information may not be employed in a facility if the person has been convicted of an offense listed in these subsections:
(1) an offense under Chapter 19, Penal Code (criminal homicide);
(2) an offense under Chapter 20, Penal Code (kidnapping and unlawful restraint);
(3) an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code (continuous sexual abuse of young child or children),
(3b) an offense under Section 21.11, Penal Code (indecency with a child);
(4) an offense under Section 22.011, Penal Code (sexual assault);
(5) an offense under Section 22.02, Penal Code (aggravated assault);
(6) an offense under Section 22.04, Penal Code (injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual);
(7) an offense under Section 22.041, Penal Code (abandoning or endangering child);
(8) an offense under Section 22.08, Penal Code (aiding suicide);
(9) an offense under Section 25.031, Penal Code (agreement to abduct from custody);
(10) an offense under Section 25.08, Penal Code (sale or purchase of a child); (11) an offense under Section 28.02, Penal Code (arson);
(12) an offense under Section 29.02, Penal Code(robbery);
(13) an offense under Section 29.03, Penal Code (aggravated robbery);
(14) an offense under Section 21.08, Penal Code (indecent exposure);
(15) an offense under Section 21.12, Penal Code (improper relationship between educator and student);
(16) an offense under Section 21.15, Penal Code (improper photography or visual recording);
(17) an offense under Section 22.05, Penal Code (deadly conduct);
(18) an offense under Section 22.021, Penal Code (aggravated sexual assault);
(19) an offense under Section 22.07, Penal Code (terroristic threat);
(20) an offense under Section 32.53, Penal code (exploitation of child; elderly individual, or disabled individual);