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DE - Bills bar licenses to sexual felons

Original Article 03/22/2011 By CRIS BARRISH Tighter rules proposed on reporting, discosure Three bills were introduced Monday in the General Assembly that would prohibit sexual felons from working as registered nurses, dentists, psychologists and in other related fields. The reform package, crafted in the wake of former pediatrician [name withheld]'s alleged sexual abuse of more than 100 girls, would prevent anyone with a felony sexual conviction from getting a license from one of the professions, and would permanently revoke the license of anybody convicted of a felony sexual crime. Besides registered nurses, dentists and psychologists, the bills target physician assistants, clinical social workers and mental health or chemical dependency professionals...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 23, 2011 (boomark / email).