| (a) An application to renew a license, registration,
endorsement, or commission may not be submitted until the required
minimum hours of department approved continuing education credits
have been earned in accordance with the Act and this chapter. Proof
of the required continuing education must be maintained by the employer
and contained in the personnel file of the registrant's employing
company. All registrants shall indicate they have completed the required
minimum hours of department approved continuing education credits
on their application for renewal. A renewal application shall also
include the name of the school, school number, date of attendance,
number of hours attended, and courses of instruction attended.
(b) Participating owners, partners, and shareholders,
who perform services regulated under the Act on behalf of the licensed
company, shall comply with the continuing education requirements of
this section applicable to the regulated service provided. Participating
owners, partners, and shareholders, who do not otherwise perform services
regulated under the Act, shall complete a total of eight (8) hours
of continuing education, including seven (7) hours in the subject
matter that relates to the type of regulated service provided by the
licensee, and one (1) hour of ethics. For purposes of this section,
participating refers to involvement in decisions governing the operation
of the regulated company. Nonparticipating owners, partners, or shareholders;
noncommissioned security officers, and all individuals not required
to obtain a registration, endorsement, commission or license under
the Act are specifically exempted from the continuing education requirements.
(c) All registrants not specifically addressed in this
section shall complete a total of eight (8) hours of continuing education,
seven (7) hours of which must be in subject matter that relates to
the type of registration held, and one (1) hour of which must cover
ethics. Following the initial registration period, qualified managers
of Class B licensed companies may take a one (1) hour course devoted
to changes in laws and rules applicable to the security industry,
as a substitute for the above one (1) hour ethics requirement.
(d) Private investigators and managers of Class A and
Class C licenses with more than fifteen (15) years of continued registration
as a private investigator or manager of a Class A or Class C license
shall complete a total of twelve (12) hours of continuing education,
eight (8) hours of which must be in subject matter that relates to
the type of registration held, two (2) hours of which must cover ethics,
and two (2) hours of which must involve the review of the Act and
the rules of this chapter.
(e) Private Investigators and managers of Class A and
Class C licenses with less than fifteen (15) years of continued registration
as a private investigator or manager of a Class A or Class C license
shall complete a total of eighteen (18) hours of continuing education,
fourteen (14) of which must be in subject matter that relates to the
type of registration held, two (2) hours of which must cover ethics,
and two (2) hours of which must involve the review of the Act and
the rules of this chapter.
(f) Any person registered as a private investigator
who fails to complete the required continuing education during the
twenty-four (24) months of an initial registration is not eligible
to make a new or renewal application until such time as the training
requirement for the previous registration period has been satisfied.
(g) Commissioned security officers and personal protection
officers shall complete six (6) hours of continuing education. Continuing
education for commissioned security officers and personal protection
officers must be taught by schools and instructors approved by the
department to instruct commissioned security officers as defined in
the Act. Commissioned security officers shall submit a firearms proficiency
certificate along with the renewal application.
(h) During the first twelve (12) months of initial
registration, each person employed as an alarm system installer or
alarm systems salesperson must complete Alarm Level I training, consisting
of sixteen (16) hours of classroom instruction or equivalent online
course as approved by the department, with two (2) hours covering
the National Electrical Code (NEC) as it applies to low voltage. Any
person employed as an alarm systems installer or alarm systems salesperson
must earned eight (8) hours of continuing education credits in an
alarm related field, with one (1) hour covering the National Electrical
Code (NEC) as it applies to low voltage, during each subsequent twenty-four
(24) month period. This requirement must be satisfied prior to the
expiration date of registration in order to renew the registration.
(i) For the protection of the installer and the general
public, the work of an alarm system installer who has not completed
the required sixteen (16) hours of instruction must be overseen by
an installer who has completed the required sixteen (16) hours of
instruction. The oversight required under this section need not involve
direct physical supervision, but the overseeing installer is responsible
for ensuring the installation complies with all applicable requirements
and regulations.
(j) Any person registered as an alarm systems installer
or salesperson who fails to complete sixteen (16) hours of training
during the twenty-four (24) months of initial licensure, or who fails
to complete eight (8) hours of continuing education during any subsequent
licensing period is not eligible to make a new or renewal application
until such time as all training requirements for the previous license
period have been satisfied.
(k) Alarm monitors shall complete four (4) hours of
continuing education in subject matter that relates to the duties
and responsibilities of an alarm monitor.
(l) All persons registered or licensed as locksmiths
must complete sixteen (16) hours of continuing education every two
(2) years.
(m) Attendees of continuing education courses shall
maintain certificates of completion furnished by the school director
in their files for a period of two (2) years. Attendees shall furnish
the department with copies of all certificates of completion upon
request.
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