(1) The forms for applications for ether licenses and permits shall be prescribed by the department.
(2) Each application for a license or permit required by the provisions of this part shall be filed in writing with the department. Each application shall require, as a minimum, the full name, date of birth, place of birth, social security number, physical description of the applicant, residence address and telephone number, and business address and telephone number of the applicant. Each application must be accompanied by an accurate and current photograph of the applicant and a complete set of fingerprints of the applicant taken by an authorized law enforcement officer; however, a set of fingerprints shall not be required if the applicant has possessed a valid Florida license or permit under this part during the prior license or permit year and such Florida license or permit has not lapsed or been suspended or revoked. If fingerprints are required, the set of fingerprints shall be submitted by the department to the Department of Law Enforcement for state processing and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for federal processing. If the application does not require a set of fingerprints, the department shall submit the name and other identifying data to the Department of Law Enforcement for processing. Each application shall be in such form as to provide that the data and other information set forth therein shall be sworn to by the applicant or, if the applicant is a corporation, by all officers of the corporation. The officers applying on behalf of a corporation shall provide all the data and other information required by this subsection and subsection (3), and shall meet all other requirements, which are required of a natural person.
(3) The department may require an applicant to furnish such other information or data not required by this section if the information or data is deemed necessary by the department.
