2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 59. Professions and Occupations
§59-328.28a. Applicant criminal background check.
A. Beginning January 2016, every applicant for any type of license or permit issued by the Board of Dentistry shall be subject to a criminal background check. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons applying for faculty or faculty specialty licenses provided in Section 328.27 of this title.
B. Each applicant shall submit two completed fingerprint cards as required by the Board. The fingerprint cards shall be required to be in a clear, readable format acceptable to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
C. Each applicant shall include a money order or cashier's check made payable to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation or the Board for the purposes of a local and national criminal background check.
D. The Board shall forward the fingerprint cards, along with the applicable fee for a national fingerprint criminal history records search, to the Bureau.
E. The Bureau shall retain one set of fingerprints in the Automated Fingerprint Identification System and submit the other set to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records search.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 270, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2012. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 405, § 9, eff. July 1, 2013; Laws 2015, c. 229, § 16, eff. July 1, 2015.
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