Sec. 301.2511. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION FOR LICENSE APPLICANTS

(a) An applicant for a 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 may develop a system for initiating the process of obtaining criminal history record information for applicants for a license under this chapter by requiring persons who enroll or plan to enroll in an educational program that prepares a person for a license as a registered nurse to submit to the board a set of fingerprints that meets the requirements of Subsection (a). 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.