Sec. 351.2525. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION FOR LICENSE ISSUANCE. (a) The 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 board may not issue a license to a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).
(c) The 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 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 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 385 (S.B. 314), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision
Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists
Subchapter F. License Requirements
Section 351.251. License Required
Section 351.252. Education Requirements for Therapeutic Optometrist
Section 351.2525. Criminal History Record Information for License Issuance
Section 351.2526. Review of National Practitioner Database
Section 351.253. Examination Requirement for Therapeutic Optometrist
Section 351.254. Examination Application
Section 351.255. Conduct of Examination
Section 351.256. Examination Subjects
Section 351.257. Examination Results
Section 351.258. Issuance of License to Therapeutic Optometrist; Fee
Section 351.259. Provisional License
Section 351.2595. License Without Examination
Section 351.260. Limited License for Clinical Faculty
Section 351.261. Display of License or Certificate
Section 351.262. Information Presented to Patient
Section 351.263. Lost or Destroyed License
Section 351.264. Inactive Status