| (a) An application to renew an individual license 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 employee's personnel
file. All individual licensees shall indicate they have completed
the required minimum hours of department approved continuing education
credits on their application for renewal.
(b) Owners, partners, and shareholders who hold individual
licenses as owners only, 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 their
company, and one (1) hour of ethics. Noncommissioned security officers,
and all individuals not required to obtain a commission or license
under the Act are specifically exempted from the continuing education
requirements.
(c) All individual license holders not otherwise 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 individual license held, and one (1) hour of
which must cover ethics.
(d) Private investigators with more than fifteen (15)
years of continued licensure as a private investigator shall complete
a total of twelve (12) hours of continuing education, eight (8) hours
of which must relate to investigations, 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 with less than fifteen (15)
years of continued licensure as a private investigator shall complete
a total of eighteen (18) hours of continuing education, fourteen (14)
of which must relate to investigations, 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 individual licensed as a private investigator
who fails to complete the required continuing education during the
twenty-four (24) months of initial licensure is not eligible to make
a new or renewal application until such time as the training requirement
for the previous licensure period has been satisfied.
(g) Commissioned security officers and personal protection
officers shall complete six (6) hours of continuing education by completing
the renewal portions of the Level III or IV training course, as applicable.
All continuing education for commissioned security officers and personal
protection officers must be taught by department approved training
schools and instructors. Commissioned security officers shall submit
a firearms proficiency certificate along with the renewal application.
(h) During the first twelve (12) months of initial
licensure, alarm system installers must complete the Alarm Level I
training. This training consists 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. Alarm systems installer must earn 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 the license and before renewal.
(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 licensed alarm systems installer 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 renew until all training requirements for the previous
license period have been satisfied.
(k) Alarm monitors shall complete four (4) hours of
continuing education relating to the duties and responsibilities of
an alarm monitor.
(l) All individuals 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.
(n) Continuing education courses are only valid if
completed within the two year period preceding the license's current
expiration date.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §35.161 adopted to be effective May 6, 2014, 39 TexReg 3610; amended to be effective March 15, 2018, 43 TexReg 1445; amended to be effective December 29, 2019, 44 TexReg 8035; amended to be effective January 10, 2022, 47 TexReg 33 |
