(a) An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of fitness under this chapter shall submit to the department, with the application, the applicant’s fingerprints and the fees required by the Department of Public Safety under Alaska Stat. § 12.62.160 for criminal justice information and a national criminal history record check. The department shall submit the fingerprints to the Department of Public Safety to obtain a report of criminal justice information under Alaska Stat. Chapter 12.62 and a national criminal history record check under Alaska Stat. § 12.62.400. The Department of Public Safety may submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The department shall use the information obtained under this section in its determination of an applicant’s qualification for issuance or renewal of a certificate of fitness.
(b) In this section, “criminal justice information” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 12.62.900.