In order to determine the suitability to be licensed of an applicant or licensee, the commission shall require a full set of fingerprints be furnished to the commission to enable a criminal background investigation to be conducted. For any person who intends to participate in racing in New York state, the commission shall submit such fingerprints to the division of criminal justice services, and the division of criminal justice services is authorized to submit such fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation, in accordance with the rules or regulations promulgated by such entities, to obtain relevant criminal history record information, if any, concerning such applicant or licensee. The commission shall require the applicant or licensee to pay the cost of the criminal history investigation.
New York Legal Code