Applicants for licensure for a private investigator or watch guard or patrol agency or bail enforcement agent may be fingerprinted by employees of the Department of State, Division of Licensing Services at designated locations and at appointed times. The fingerprints of any applicant for licensure may also be taken and recorded by local and State Police, or sheriffs and chiefs of police in a form and manner approved by the Division of Criminal Justice Services. In such case, each fingerprint card shall be signed and authenticated by the official who took the fingerprints, with his/her title of office.