45:14F-10.2 Information submitted by applicant, holder of license; record check; costs.
4. a. An applicant and holder of a license or certificate shall submit to the board his name, address and fingerprints taken on standard fingerprint cards by a State or municipal law enforcement agency. The board is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with and receive criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Division of State Police for use in making the determinations required by section 3 of P.L.1997, c.401 (C.45:14F-10.1).
b.Upon receipt of the criminal history record information for a person from the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Division of State Police, the board shall notify the applicant, licensee or certified individual, as applicable, in writing, of the person's qualification or disqualification for licensure or certification under section 3 of P.L.1997, c.401 (C.45:14F-10.1). If the applicant, licensee or certified individual, as applicable, is disqualified, the conviction or convictions which constitute the basis for the disqualification shall be identified in the written notice.
c.The applicant, licensee or certified individual, as the case may be, shall have 30 days from the date of written notice of disqualification to petition the board for a hearing on the accuracy of the criminal history record information or to establish his rehabilitation under subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.1997, c.401 (C.45:14F-10.1). The board may refer any case arising hereunder to the Office of Administrative Law for administrative proceedings pursuant to P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
d.The board shall not maintain any individual's criminal history record information or evidence of rehabilitation submitted under this section for more than six months from the date of a final determination by the board as to the individual's qualification or disqualification to be licensed or certified pursuant to the provisions of this section and section 3 of this amendatory and supplementary act.
e.All costs associated with performing the criminal history check required by P.L.1997, c.401 (C.45:14F-10.1 et al.) shall be borne by the applicant for licensure or certification or the holder of any license or certification.
L.1997,c.401,s.4.
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