California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 15 - State Board of Optometry
Article 5.1 - Fingerprint Requirements
Section 1525.1 - Fingerprint Requirements
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) As a condition of renewal for a licensee who was initially licensed prior to April 1, 2007, such licensee shall furnish to the Department of Justice a full set of fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a criminal history record check and to undergo a state and federal criminal offender record information search conducted through the Department of Justice.
(b) As a condition of renewal, a licensee shall disclose whether, since the licensee last applied for renewal, he or she has been convicted of any violation of the law in this or any other state and, the United States, and its territories, military court, or other country, omitting traffic infractions under $300 not involving alcohol, dangerous drugs, or controlled substances.
(c) As a condition of renewal, a licensee shall disclose whether, since the licensee last applied for renewal, he or she has been denied a license or had a license disciplined by another licensing authority of this state, of another state, of any agency of the federal government, or of another country.
(d) Failure to comply with the requirements of this section renders any application for renewal incomplete and the license will not be renewed until the licensee demonstrates compliance with all requirements.
(e) Failure to furnish a full set of fingerprints to the Department of Justice as required by this section on or before the date required for renewal of a license is grounds for discipline by the Board.
(f) As a condition of petitioning the board for reinstatement of a revoked or surrendered license or registration, an applicant shall comply with subsection (a).
1. New section
filed 6-21-2010; operative 6-21-2010 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2010, No. 26).
2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed
9-25-2012; operative 10-25-2012 (Register 2012, No.
39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 144, 3010.1, 3010.5, 3024 and 3025, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 3110, Business and Professions Code; and Section 11105, Penal Code.