Regulation .05 Criteria for Issuance of Permit.

Verification of the information supplied by an applicant in the application;

Occupation or profession of the applicant;

Criminal record of the applicant;

The interests of justice;

Medical history of the applicant as it may pertain to the applicant's fitness to use, purchase, or possess protective body armor;

Psychiatric or psychological background of the applicant as it may pertain to the applicant's fitness to use, purchase, or possess protective body armor;

Validity of reasons given by the applicant;

The totality of the circumstances;

Applicant's excessive or habitual use of intoxicating beverages and drugs;

Information received from personal references and other people interviewed;

Information received from business or employment references as may be necessary in the discretion of the investigator;

Whether the applicant has any alternative available to him for protection other than wearing protective body armor; and

The applicant's propensity for violence or instability which could reasonably render his owning, purchasing, or possessing protective body armor a danger to himself or to others.