Rule 6A-18.042, F.A.C., is amended to enable the Division of Blind Services to conduct checks of local, state, juvenile and federal criminal history records through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to Sections 413.041 and 413.051(12), Florida Statutes. The criminal history records of licensees and applicants for licensing must be free of conviction of crimes constituting first-degree misdemeanors, felonies or any felonies or misdemeanors involving moral turpitude, in order for the Division, through its Business Enterprises program, to effectively establish and maintain vending facilities in consideration of the public’s health, safety and welfare and its charter to provide employment opportunities to eligible blind persons. Rule 6A-18.0421, F.A.C., is amended to be consistent with proposed Rule 6A-18.042, F.A.C.