TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 26. Nurses, 43-26-1 through 43-26-65.

ARTICLE 2 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES

43-26-36.1. Fingerprint record and criminal background checks for applicants for licensure; fees.

Any applicant for licensure under this article shall have satisfactory results from a fingerprint record check report conducted by the Georgia Crime Information Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as determined by the board. Application for a license under this article shall constitute express consent and authorization for the board or its representative to perform a criminal background check. Each applicant who submits an application to the board for licensure agrees to provide the board with any and all information necessary to run a criminal background check, including, but not limited to, classifiable sets of fingerprints. The applicant shall be responsible for all fees associated with the performance of such background check.

(Code 1981, §43-26-36.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 437, § 1/HB 99.)