36-7-12.2. Criminal background check of new applicants and licensees under disciplinary investigation.
Each new applicant for licensure as an optometrist, in this state shall submit to a state and federal criminal background investigation by means of fingerprint checks by the Division of Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon application, the Board of Examiners of Optometry shall submit completed fingerprint cards to the Division of Criminal Investigation. Upon completion of the criminal background check, the Division of Criminal Investigation shall forward to the board all information obtained as a result of the criminal background check. This information shall be obtained before permanent licensure of the applicant. The board may require a state and federal criminal background check for any licensee who is the subject of a disciplinary investigation by the board. Failure to submit to or cooperate with the criminal background investigation is grounds for denial of an application or may result in revocation of a license. The applicant shall pay for any fees charged for the cost of fingerprinting or the criminal background investigation.
Source: SL 2009, ch 179, ยง1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 36 - Professions and Occupations
Section 36-7-1 - Scope of practice defined.
Section 36-7-1.1 - Restrictions on scope of practice.
Section 36-7-1.2 - Prohibitions on use of oral therapeutics and oral steroids.
Section 36-7-1.3 - Definition--Board.
Section 36-7-3 - Composition of Board of Examiners--Qualifications of members--Terms of office.
Section 36-7-3.2 - Board continued within Department of Health.
Section 36-7-10 - Practice of optometry without license--Violation.
Section 36-7-11 - Requirements for licensure.
Section 36-7-14 - Recording of certificate of registration.
Section 36-7-15 - Powers of the board--Promulgation of rules.
Section 36-7-18 - Display of license in office--Violation.
Section 36-7-20 - Annual renewal of license--Revocation on default--Restoration of license.
Section 36-7-21 - Remission of annual fee while in military service.
Section 36-7-24 - Grounds for revocation of license.
Section 36-7-25 - Unprofessional conduct defined--No basis for criminal prosecution.
Section 36-7-26 - Appeal from Board of Examiners.
Section 36-7-27 - Reinstatement of license after revocation.
Section 36-7-28 - Injunction to prevent violation of chapter--Election of remedies.
Section 36-7-30 - Entry and inspection by board--Purpose--Drug records and inventories.
Section 36-7-34 - Sale of contact lenses without prescription prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.