Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1240 - PRIVATE DETECTIVE, PRIVATE ALARM, PRIVATE SECURITY, FINGERPRINT VENDOR, AND LOCKSMITH ACT OF 2004 › Subpart F - GENERAL › Section 1240.500 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act" means Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
				  Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 [225 ILCS 447 ].
"Board" means the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
				  Security, Fingerprint Vendor and Locksmith Board.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and
				  Professional Regulation.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Professional
				  Regulation with the authority delegated by the Secretary.
"Division" means the Department of Financial and Professional
				  Regulation-Division of Professional Regulation.
"ISP" means the Illinois State Police.
"Qualified Instructor" - An individual who can provide the
				  training as outlined in the Act. This shall include:
A licensed private detective, private alarm contractor,
				  private security contractor or locksmith active and in good standing;
A registered employee (holder of a Permanent Employee
				  Registration Card issued under Section
				  1240.520)
				  , retained or employed by a licensed agency, who has a minimum of 5 years'
				  experience in the discipline being taught;
Registered employees of licensed agencies with a least 3
				  years' full-time supervisory experience in the area in which the individual
				  will conduct training;
Full time or part-time faculty employed by an institution
				  under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Board of Higher Education or the
				  Illinois Community College Board to teach firearms training courses or security
				  training courses.
A registered employee, retained or employed by a licensed
				  agency, who has a baccalaureate degree in education, business, law enforcement
				  or other related degree to provide training in the discipline to be taught or
				  has 3 years previous experience as a corporate trainer or equivalent in another
				  industry.
An armed employee of a registered armed propriety security
				  force who has the same experience or education as a registered employee under
				  this Section, provided that instruction is limited to basic training for armed
				  employees of a registered armed proprietary security force.
A person who holds a private detective, private alarm,
				  private security, or locksmith license or registration in another state, has
				  law enforcement training experience, has a baccalaureate degree in education,
				  business, law enforcement, or other related degree, or has experience as a
				  corporate trainer may serve as the instructor in a commercially-produced
				  recorded or online training course.
For private alarm contractors, a qualified instructor may
				  also include factory trained and certified personnel on the types of systems or
				  work being trained; National Institute of Certification in Engineering
				  Technologies (NICET) certified personnel; or a Certified Protection
				  Professional (CPP) as designated by the American Society for Industrial
				  Security.
For the 28-hour firearm training course, a qualified
				  instructor is a person registered as a firearm instructor under Section
				  1240.515.
"Related to" - The immediate family living in the same
				  household.
"Restored" - A court has declared an individual to be
				  competent, as referenced in Section 35-30 of the Act.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of
				  Financial and Professional Regulation.
"Traffic Offense" - As used in Section 35-30(a)(3) of the
				  Act, means a minor offense concerning the operation and use of a motor vehicle
				  or is related to motor vehicles and that does not rise to the level of a felony
				  or misdemeanor.
"Usher" means a person who escorts or directs people to their
				  seats, as in a theater, church or stadium, or acts as a doorkeeper or ticket
				  taker but does not perform any of the functions of a private security
				  contractor as defined in Section 5-10 of the Act.