CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSE ISSUANCE

(a) The acupuncture board shall require that an applicant for a license submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by the board, to the board or to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information from the Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (b) The acupuncture board may not issue a license to a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a). (c) The acupuncture board shall conduct a criminal history record information check of each applicant for a license using information: (1) provided by the individual under this section; and (2) made available to the board by the Department of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any other criminal justice agency under Chapter 411, Government Code. (d) The acupuncture board may: (1) enter into an agreement with the Department of Public Safety to administer a criminal history record information check required under this section; and (2) authorize the Department of Public Safety to collect from each applicant the costs incurred by the Department of Public Safety in conducting the criminal history record information check.