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§ 9.1-139. Licensing, certification, and registration required; qualifications; temporary licenses. (2006)
1. A. No person shall engage in the private security services business or solicit private security business in the Commonwealth without having obtained a license from the Department. No person shall be issued a private security services business license until a compliance agent is designated in writing on forms provided by the Department. The compliance agent shall ensure the compliance of the private security services business with this article and shall meet the qualifications and perform the duties required by the regulations adopted by the Board. A compliance agent shall have either a minimum of (i) three years of managerial or supervisory experience in a private security services business; with a federal, state or local law-enforcement agency; or in a related field or (ii) five years of experience in a private security services business; with a federal, state or local law-enforcement agency; or in a related field.
C. No person shall be employed by a licensed private security services business in the Commonwealth as armored car personnel, courier, armed security officer, detector canine handler, unarmed security officer, security canine handler, private investigator, personal protection specialist, alarm respondent, central station dispatcher, electronic security sales representative, electronic security technician's assistant, or electronic security technician without possessing a valid registration issued by the Department, except as provided in this article.
F. A temporary registration may be issued in accordance with Board regulations for the purpose of awaiting the results of the state and national fingerprint search. However, no person shall be issued a temporary registration until he has (i) complied with, or been exempted from the compulsory minimum training standards established by the Board, pursuant to subsection A of § 9.1-141, for armored car personnel, couriers, armed security officers, detector canine handlers, unarmed security officers, security canine handlers, private investigators, personal protection specialists, alarm respondents, central station dispatchers, electronic security sales representatives, electronic security technician's assistants, or electronic security technicians, (ii) submitted his fingerprints to be used for the conduct of a National Criminal Records search and a Virginia Criminal History Records search, and (iii) met all other requirements of this article and Board regulations.
H. A licensed private security services business in the Commonwealth shall not employ as an unarmed security officer, electronic security technician's assistant, unarmed alarm respondent, central station dispatcher, electronic security sales representative, or electronic security technician, any person who has not complied with, or been exempted from, the compulsory minimum training standards established by the Board, pursuant to subsection A of § 9.1-141, except that such person may be so employed for not more than 90 days while completing compulsory minimum training standards.
I. No person shall be employed as an electronic security employee, electronic security technician's assistant, unarmed alarm respondent, central station dispatcher, electronic security sales representative, electronic security technician or supervisor until he has submitted his fingerprints to the Department to be used for the conduct of a National Criminal Records search and a Virginia Criminal History Records search. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an out-of-state central station dispatcher meeting the requirements of subdivision 19 of § 9.1-140.
§ 9.1-140. Exceptions from article; training requirements for out-of-state central station dispatchers. (2006)
§ 9.1-144. Bond or insurance required; actions against bond. (2006)
1. A. Every person licensed as a private security services business under subsection A of § 9.1-139 or certified as a private security services training school under subsection B of § 9.1-139 shall, at the time of receiving the license or certification and before the license or certification shall be operative, file with the Department
(i) a cash bond or evidence that the licensee or certificate holder is covered by a surety bond, executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the Commonwealth, in a reasonable amount to be fixed by the Department, conditioned upon the faithful and honest conduct of his business or employment; or
(ii) evidence of a policy of liability insurance in an amount and with coverage as fixed by the Department. The bond or liability insurance shall be maintained for so long as the licensee or certificate holder is licensed or certified by the Department.
§ 9.1-145. Fingerprints required; penalty. (2006)
1. A. Each applicant for initial registration, licensure or certification as a compliance agent, private security services training school or instructor or unarmed security officer under the provisions of this article and every person employed as an electronic security employee or electronic security technician's assistant shall submit his fingerprints to the Department on a form provided by the Department. The Department shall use the applicant's fingerprints and personal descriptive information for the conduct of a National Criminal Records search and a Virginia Criminal History Records search.
6 VAC 20-171-20. Fees.(2006)
A. Schedule of fees. The fees listed below reflect the costs of handling, issuance, and production associated with administering and processing applications for licensing, registration, certification and other administrative requests for services relating to private security services.
Initial business license $800
Business license renewal $500
Business license category fee $ 50
Initial compliance agent certification (includes training) $100
Compliance agent certification renewal (includes training) $ 50
Initial registration $ 25
Registration renewal $ 20
Firearms endorsement (Annual) $ 10
Initial training school $800
Training school renewal $500
Training school electronic roster submittal authorization $500
Initial instructor certification $100
Instructor certification renewal $ 50
Initial certification $ 25
Certification renewal $ 20
Application for training exemption $ 25
Fingerprint card processing $ 50
Additional registration category form $ 20
Replacement photo identification letter $ 15
Training completion roster form $ 30
General instructor development course $300
General instructor in-service training $ 50
Firearms instructor development course $300
Firearms instructor in-service training $ 50
Technical assistant training $ 50
6 VAC 20-171-50. Initial business license application.(2006)
1. For each principal and supervisor of the applying business, their fingerprints pursuant to 6 VAC 20-171-30;
4. For each applicant for a license as a private security services business except sole proprietor or partnership shall submit on a form provided by the department, the identification number issued by the Virginia State Corporation Commission for verification that the entity is authorized to conduct business in the Commonwealth;
5. A physical in Virginia where records required to be maintained by the Code of Virginia and this chapter are kept and available for inspection by the department. A post office box is not a physical;
6. On the license application, designation of at least one individual as compliance agent who is not designated as compliance agent for any other licensee, and who is certified or eligible for certification pursuant to 6 VAC 20-171-70;
7. The applicable, nonrefundable license application fee, and
8. Designate on the license application the type of private security business license you are seeking. The initial business license fee includes one category. A separate fee will be charged for each additional category. The separate categories are identified as follows: Security Officers/Couriers (Armed and Unarmed); Private Investigators;
Electronic Security; Armored Car; Personal Protection Specialists; and Security Canine Handlers. Alarm Respondents crossover into both the Security Officer and Electronic Security category, therefore if you are licensed in either of these categories you can provide these services without purchasing an additional category.
6 VAC 20-171-60. Renewal license application.(2006)
2. Documentation verifying that the applicant has secured and maintained a surety bond in the amount of $100,000 executed by a surety company authorized to do business in Virginia, or a certificate of insurance reflecting the department as a certificate holder, showing a policy of comprehensive general liability insurance with a minimum coverage of $100,000 and $300,000 issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in Virginia;
3. For any new or additional principals fingerprints must be submitted to the department within thirty (30) days of their hire date pursuant to 6 VAC 20-171-30, provided however that any change in the ownership or type of organization of the licensed entity has not resulted in the creation of a new legal entity pursuant to 6 VAC-20-171-50.
5. The applicable, nonrefundable license renewal fee, and
6. On the first day of employment, each new and additional supervisor’s fingerprints pursuant to 9.1-139.H. of the Code of Virginia.
D. Each principal and compliance agent listed on the license renewal application shall be in good standing in every jurisdiction where licensed, registered or certified. This subsection shall not apply to any probationary periods during which the individual is eligible to operate under the license, registration or certification.
F. On the renewal application you must designate the type of private security business license you wish to renew. The fee will be based upon the category(ies) you select on your renewal application pursuant to 6 VAC 20-171-20.