201 KAR 9:210. Criminal background checks required for all new applicants

Section 1. (1) The board shall obtain a fingerprint-supported criminal record check conducted by the Department of Kentucky State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation, on each applicant for initial licensing to practice medicine or osteopathy or to practice as a physician assistant within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (2) The board shall not grant an initial license to practice medicine or osteopathy or to practice as a physician assistant within the Commonwealth until it has received and reviewed the criminal background investigations by both the Department of Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for that applicant.