20:86:02:02.  Background check required. Each applicant for licensure shall submit to a state and federal criminal background investigation by means of fingerprint checks by the Division of Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Failure to submit to or cooperate with the criminal background investigation is grounds for denial of an application. The applicant shall pay for any fees charged for the cost of fingerprinting or the criminal background investigation.

          Source: 45 SDR 31, effective September 10, 2018.

          General Authority: SDCL 36-9C-32(1).

          Law Implemented: SDCL 36-9C-12.