La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LIX-403

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LIX-403 - Classroom Training

A. Any security officer employed after September 1, 1985 shall complete, within 30 days from his date of hire, eight hours' classroom training under a board-licensed classroom instructor.

B. Security officer shall have 60 days from date of first work assignment to complete an additional eight-hour classroom training program which has been approved by the board.

C. Upon completion of each of the eight-hour segments of the prescribed training, a 50-question examination shall be given to each security officer by the board-licensed instructor. The first eight-hour examination shall be different from the second eight-hour examination, cover the required training topics, and be approved by the board prior to being administered. Minimum passing score is 70 percent.

D. All scores of such examinations must be recorded and submitted to the board by the licensee or employer, as the case may be, on its prescribed training verification form signed by the licensed instructor within 15 calendar days from completion of training.

E. Security officers who have been registered in other states who have licensing requirements similar to Louisiana, and law enforcement officers identified in R.S. 37:3284 may attend a four-hour modular training program administered by a board-licensed instructor. Upon completion of the four-hour modular training, the officer shall take a 50-question examination, and if the security officer successfully passes the examination, this modular training shall be considered the equivalent to the classroom training provided for in R.S. 37:3284 and rules herein. It the security officer does not successfully pass the examination, then he must go through the entire classroom training program.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LIX-403

Promulgated by Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Board of Private Security Examiners, LR 13:755 (December 1987), amended LR 15:850 (October 1989), LR 18:192 (February 1992), LR 23:588 (May 1997), LR 26:1072 (May 2000).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3270, et seq.