(1) Before acquiring or accepting delivery of any essential part, the licensee or his authorized agent or employee shall inspect the part to determine whether the vehicle identification number, Secretary of State identification number, Illinois State Police identification number, or identification plate or sticker attached to or stamped on any part being acquired or delivered has been removed, falsified, altered, defaced, destroyed, or tampered with. If the licensee or his agent or employee determines that the vehicle identification number, Secretary of State identification number, Illinois State Police identification number, identification plate or identification sticker containing an identification number, or Federal Certificate label of an essential part has been removed, falsified, altered, defaced, destroyed, or tampered with, the licensee or agent shall not accept or receive that part. If that part was physically acquired by or delivered to a licensee or his agent or employee while that licensee, agent, or employee was outside this State, that licensee or agent or employee shall not bring that essential part into this State or cause it to be brought into this State.