(a) Any person desiring to enroll in such program shall apply to the Commissioner on a form to be prescribed by the Commissioner.
(b) The application shall be signed and verified by the applicant. It shall include his full name, age, residence, present and previous occupations and such other information that may be required by the Commissioner to show the good character, competency and integrity of the applicant.
(c) The application shall be personally presented by the applicant to the Commissioner, or in his absence, the Chief of Police for the respective island. The applicant shall affix his fingerprints on the application. The application shall be accompanied by two current photographs of the applicant of a size and nature to be prescribed by the Commissioner and an $150 postal money order application fee, unless the applicant is a full-time police officer, in which case no application fee shall be required.
(d) The fingerprints of the applicant shall be examined by the Commissioner and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine if he has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a crime of violence. The Commissioner may waive the requirement of Federal Bureau of Investigation examination. Any fee charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall be paid by the applicant.
(e) No application is accepted if the applicant is under the age of eighteen.
(f) After processing the application, if the Commissioner determines that the applicant is at least eighteen years old, has no convictions or guilty or nolo contendere pleas for crimes of violence, and meets all other prescribed requirements, the Commissioner shall issue a certificate of qualification allowing the applicant to enroll in an approved program.