(a) Applications for license shall be in the form prescribed by the department. Among other things, the application shall state the full name of:

(b) A person applying for a new or renewal license and who is not located in this Commonwealth shall file with the application for license an irrevocable consent, duly acknowledged, that suits and actions may be commenced against that person in the courts of this Commonwealth by the service of process of any pleading upon the department in the usual manner provided for service of process and pleadings by the statutes and court rules of this Commonwealth. The consent shall provide that this service shall be as valid and binding as if service had been made personally upon the applicant in this Commonwealth. In all cases where process or pleadings are served upon the department pursuant to the provisions of this section, such process or pleadings shall be served in triplicate; one copy shall be filed with the department and the other shall be forwarded by the department, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the last known principal place of business in this Commonwealth and to the person's principal place of business.