Thanks to all the good advice, knowledgable people, my "newbie" just got his plastic this last week, and all is well in the world...
Even with out of state juvenile offences (non-felonies), his full-disclosure of those issues, taking the class from our dear "El Gato", passing...And not getting disqualified for one of the most ugly CHL portraits I have ever seen in my life...Our community has grown by one...
So in the spirit of the film "Animal House" his CHL name shall be...drum roll please...
"The Black Marble" (private joke, its also his secret Super Hero name)
I also told him he still needs therapy...Maybe we should go together...That would be weird though...But no one ever said I was normal...

Now I need to find another vict...uhhh prospect...