Sec. 206.2025. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSE ISSUANCE. (a) The medical 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 medical board may not issue a license to a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).
(c) The medical 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 medical 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.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1231 (H.B. 1504), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2019.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Other Professions Performing Medical Procedures
Chapter 206 - Surgical Assistants
Subchapter E. License Requirements
Section 206.201. License Required
Section 206.202. License Application
Section 206.2025. Criminal History Record Information Requirement for License Issuance
Section 206.203. License Eligibility
Section 206.205. Special Eligibility for License
Section 206.206. Temporary License
Section 206.207. Assistance by Medical Board
Section 206.209. Issuance and Renewal of License
Section 206.210. License Renewal
Section 206.2105. Criminal History Record Information Requirement for Renewal
Section 206.211. Notice of License Renewal
Section 206.212. Procedure for Renewal
Section 206.213. Renewal of Expired License by Out-of-State Practitioner