330.025.  Criminal background check, fingerprint submission. — 1.  The state board of podiatric medicine may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking a permanent license or a temporary license to practice podiatric medicine, as provided in sections 330.045 and 330.065, or a permanent podiatric medicine license with ankle certification, as such term is defined in subsection 4 of this section.

  2.  If the state board of podiatric medicine requires that fingerprint submissions be made as part of such application, the state board of podiatric medicine shall require applicants to submit the fingerprints to the Missouri state highway patrol for the purpose of conducting a state and federal fingerprint-based criminal history background check.

  3.  The fingerprints and any required fees shall be sent to the Missouri state highway patrol's central repository.  The fingerprints shall be used for searching the state criminal records repository and shall also be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a federal criminal records search under section 43.540.  The Missouri state highway patrol shall notify the state board of podiatric medicine of any criminal history record information or lack of criminal history record information discovered on the individual.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.120 to the contrary, all records related to any criminal history information discovered shall be accessible and available to the state board of podiatric medicine.

  4.  For purposes of this section, the term "permanent podiatric medicine license with ankle certification" means a license issued to a doctor of podiatric medicine who has met the requirements for performing surgery on the ankle as provided in section 330.010.