Texas § OC.301.2511 - CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION FOR LICENSE APPLICANTS
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§ OC.301.2511. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION FOR LICENSE APPLICANTS
CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION FOR LICENSE APPLICANTS. (a) An applicant for a vocational, registered, or advanced practice registered nurse license must submit to the board, in addition to satisfying the other requirements of this subchapter, a complete and legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by the board, 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 deny a license to an applicant who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a). Issuance of a license by the board is conditioned on the board obtaining the applicant's criminal history record information under this section. (c) The board by rule shall develop a system for obtaining criminal history record information for a person accepted for enrollment in a nursing educational program that prepares the person for licensure as a vocational, registered, or advanced practice registered nurse by requiring the person to submit to the board a set of fingerprints that meets the requirements of Subsection (a). The board may develop a similar system for an applicant for enrollment in a nursing educational program. The board may require payment of a fee by a person who is required to submit a set of fingerprints under this subsection. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1102, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1189 (S.B. 1058 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 871 (H.B. 4123 ), Sec. 66, eff. June 13, 2023.
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