| (a) The Board may require an applicant for a license
who has a criminal conviction for substance abuse offenses within
5 years before the date of the application to undergo substance abuse
testing and monitoring as a condition of licensure.
(b) If the Board requires an applicant to undergo substance
abuse testing and monitoring under this section, the cost shall be
borne by the applicant.
(c) The Board shall make reasonable efforts to ensure
testing will be done in a manner to accomplish the goals of the testing
while minimizing the applicant's cost.
(d) The Board may grant a probationary license to an
applicant who agrees in writing to substance abuse testing and monitoring
under this section.
(e) The Board shall state in writing the length of
time an applicant shall be under probation and subject to substance
abuse testing and monitoring.
(f) The Board may not place an applicant under probation
for substance abuse testing and monitoring for more than five years
from the date the Board issues the applicant's probationary license.
(g) The Board may revoke the probationary license of
any applicant who agrees to substance abuse testing and monitoring
if the applicant fails to pass any test or provide required monitoring
documentation.
(h) A Board order revoking a license under subsection
(g) of this section is final and unappealable.
(i) An applicant whose probationary license has been
revoked under this section may reapply for a license not sooner than
one year from the date the license was revoked under subsection (g)
of this section.
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