§3477. Authorization to obtain criminal history record information

A. The board may require that the applicant, designated responsible party, and any owners provide written consent to the board to request and obtain state and national criminal history record information as a condition for consideration of the licensure application.

B. The board may charge and collect from the applicant, in addition to all other applicable fees and costs, such amount as may be incurred by the board in requesting and obtaining state and national criminal history record information.

C. The board shall provide each applicant with a copy of the written standards specifying the requirements that shall be met by an applicant and the grounds on which a license may be denied or revoked.

D. Pursuant to this Section, or any other law or board rules or regulations promulgated and adopted by the board, the board may request and obtain state and national criminal history record information from the bureau and the FBI relative to any applicant, designated responsible party, or owner whose fingerprints the board has obtained for the purpose of determining an applicant's suitability and eligibility for licensure.

E. Upon request by the board and upon the board's submission of fingerprints and other identifying information as may be required, the bureau shall conduct a search of its criminal history record information relative to the applicant, designated responsible party, or owner and report the results of its search to the board within sixty days from receipt of any such request. The bureau may charge the board a processing fee pursuant to R.S. 15:587 for conducting and reporting on any such search.

F. If the criminal history record information reported by the bureau to the board does not provide grounds for disqualification of the applicant for licensure, the board shall have the authority to forward the fingerprints and other identifying information as may be required to the FBI with a request for a search of national criminal history record information.

G. Any and all state or national criminal history record information obtained by the board from the bureau or FBI which is not already a matter of public record shall be deemed nonpublic and confidential information restricted to the exclusive use of the board, its members, officers, investigators, agents, and attorneys in evaluating the applicant's eligibility or disqualification for licensure. No such information or records related thereto shall, except with the written consent of the individual or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, be released or otherwise disclosed by the board to any other person or agency.

Acts 2008, No. 597, §1; Acts 2015, No. 443, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.