Tex. Occupations Code § 603.2571
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 603.2571, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 603.2571. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSE.
Official statutory text
(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 medical board, to the medical 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 check of each applicant for a license using information:
(1) provided by the individual under this section; and
(2) made available to the medical 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 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 check.
(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 check of each applicant for a license using information:
(1) provided by the individual under this section; and
(2) made available to the medical 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 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 check.
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