Medical Do I need to disclose juvenile records to the Medical State Board?

[lord999]

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Hello,
I may be overthinking this, but I was arrested for shoplifting when I was 16 or 17 years old. I wasn't convicted of anything and basically appeared at court and they had me write a letter apologizing to my parents and to the store. I did not get the case expunged.
I figure since I was still a teenager no need to disclose any of this to anyone. But I recently applied for TSA Pre-check and did not disclose anything and they said they were able to see my arrest since they were conducting a federal search.
Now I am a resident applying for my permit/license and again I did not disclose anything since I was 16 or 17 when it happened and I assumed it would just be a state background check, not federal. But I just got the form saying they will do FBI background check.
Should I be worried? Will they question me on why I didn't disclose anything? And will it make me look bad?

Anyone have a juvenile record that they disclosed to the State Board?

You disclose as it is the lesser of the two evils. This probably is not going to trigger the Board to deny the license but you may have to appear before them and explain. If you do not and they find out, they would have grounds to deny the license on falsifying the application. Also, you should have not gotten Pre-Check if the offense was in the last decade and if you did, the TSA agent who granted it was being very, very sympathetic.