(a) The board shall have the power to issue and establish criteria to determine eligibility for issuance of the certificate of recovery & re-entry; (b) By an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board to issue a certificate of recovery & re-entry to any person previously convicted of a crime in any jurisdiction; (c) To create all applications, and certificates necessary for the purposes of this chapter upon forms prescribed by the board. Such forms relating to certificates of recovery & re-entry shall be distributed by the chairman of the board; (d) To promulgate all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the intent of this chapter; and (e) Any information contained within a certificate of recovery & re-entry as created in subsection (c) of this section shall be limited to: (i) The applicant’s name; (ii) Date of birth; (iii) Certificate number; (iv) Issue date; (v) A statement that 'The board has determined that up to and including the issue date stated above, this individual has met the necessary standards of recovery & re-entry to hold the certificate'; and (vi) Authentication phone number for the department of and including the issue date stated above, this individual has met the necessary standards of recovery & re-entry to hold the certificate'; and (vi) Authentication phone number for the department of corrections. History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 322, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 412, § 1.
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