Requirements for issuance of a certificate of successful completion
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Attendance shall be required of each individual student for all sections of a security guard training course.
(b)As provided for in this Part, the taking and passing of a written examination is required of each individual prior to issuance of a certificate of successful completion for the pre-assignment training course, the on-the-job training course, the 47 hour firearms training course, and the eight hour annual in-service training course for holders of special armed guard registration cards. A certified security guard instructor shall provide the examination material, administer and supervise the examination, and grade the examination. The school director shall retain the examination papers and all other appropriate records as determined by the commissioner in accordance with the appropriate schedule for records retention and disposition promulgated by the New York State Commissioner of the Department of Education. Such records shall be available for inspection by members of the council or the commissioner. Entities not otherwise covered by the Department of Education's schedule for records retention and disposition shall retain such records for a period of not less than two years.
(c)Upon attestation by a school director that an individual listed on the roster has satisfactorily completed the requirements of a security guard training course and upon verification of the documentation forwarded by such school director in accordance with this Part, a certificate of successful completion in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, shall be issued to such individual.