Minimum standards of the eight hour annual in-service training course
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(a)No eight hour annual in-service training course shall be approved by the commissioner which does not follow a curriculum consisting of at least eight hours which includes, but is not limited to, the following general topic areas and corresponding minimum time requirements. Six of the eight hours shall be chosen from these following topics and corresponding minimum time requirements. The remaining two hours of instruction may be selected from the other general and elective topic areas. Where no minimum time requirement is specified the annual in-service training course does not have to include that topic. Where a maximum time requirement is specified, that maximum number of hours cannot be exceeded in order to satisfy the eight hour annual in-service training course.
| Minimum hours | Maximum hours | |
| Role of a security guard | 0 | 2 |
| Legal powers and limitations | 0 | 2 |
| Emergency situations | 0 | 2 |
| Communications and public relations | 0 | 2 |
| Access control | 0 | 2 |
| Report writing | 0 | 2 |
| Ethics and conduct | 0 | 2 |
| Elective topics | 0 | 2 |
(b)Upon satisfaction of the eight hour annual in-service training course, nothing herein shall preclude the instruction of additional topics or the instruction of the following topics in excess of the maximum hours prescribed herein.
(c)All requirements of the eight hour annual in-service training course may be completed in separate sessions of no less than two hours per session over the calendar year in which such training must be completed.
(d)Only security guard instructors who have met the requirements for security guard instructor certification and who have been certified in accordance with the provisions of Part 6029 of this Title may provide instruction in such training course.
(e)An eight hour annual in-service training course approved by the commissioner in accordance with this Part shall be administered only at approved security guard training schools.