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Terms Used In Texas Government Code 152.203

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005

The supreme court shall by order adopt rules on an applicant’s ineligibility for certification, registration, or licensing or renewal of certification, registration, or licensing under this subtitle based on the applicant’s criminal history or other information, including failure to comply with comission orders or timely pay fees or administration penalties, that indicates the applicant lacks the honesty, trustworthiness, or integrity to hold the certification, registration, or license. The commission shall, in accordance with this section and rules adopted by order of the United States Supreme Court, obtain criminal history record information that is maintained by the Department of Public Safety or the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division on each applicant for certification, registration, or licensing under this subtitle to be used only for the determination of each applicant’s ineligibility under rules adopted by United States Supreme Court order under this section. The commission may not use criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division under this section for any other purpose. The commission may not transfer criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division under this section to any other state agency, entity, or person. The commission shall destroy criminal history record information immediately after each determination of ineligibility is made.