N.Y. Executive Law § 837-s: Search for sex offense conviction records of emergency medical technician and other first responder applicants

§ 837-s. Search for sex offense conviction records of emergency

medical technician and other first responder applicants. 1. The chief

officer of any volunteer ambulance company, as such term is defined in

subdivision two of section three of the volunteer ambulance workers'

benefit law, any proprietary ambulance service, or any other ambulance

or emergency medical service providing emergency medical care and

transportation of sick or injured persons to health care facilities,

shall notify every new applicant for emergency medical technician,

paramedic, certified first responder applicant, or any other applicant

who would be responsible for providing emergency medical care and

transportation of sick or injured persons to health care facilities,

including applicants seeking to transfer from one ambulance company or

service to another, that their personally identifying information will

be checked against the public records of those individuals required to

register under article six-C of the correction law.

2. If such applicant desires to proceed, within ten business days of

receiving an application, the chief officer shall inquire of the

division as to whether such applicant is required to register by calling

the special telephone number established pursuant to section one hundred

sixty-eight-p of the correction law. Such chief officer may also check

the internet posting subdirectory of level two and three sex offenders

established pursuant to section one hundred sixty-eight-q of the

correction law.

3. Where such search reveals that an applicant is registered under

article six-C of the correction law, the chief officer of the ambulance

company or service shall determine whether or not such person shall be

eligible to be elected or otherwise appointed as a member of such

ambulance company or service. Such determination shall be made

consistent with article twenty-three-A of the correction law and a copy

of such article shall be provided to the applicant.