Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1240 - PRIVATE DETECTIVE, PRIVATE ALARM, PRIVATE SECURITY, FINGERPRINT VENDOR, AND LOCKSMITH ACT OF 2004 › Subpart H - CANINE HANDLER › Section 1240.710 - Canine Handler Authorization Card

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The employer shall make a request to the
				Division, on forms supplied by the Division, for the issuance of a canine
				handler authorization card for each employee whose duties include the use or
				handling of a canine to protect persons or property or to conduct
				investigations.
b) Upon
				verification by the Division that the employee has completed the required
				canine handler training course within the one year preceding the request for a
				canine handler authorization card, or is exempt under Section
				1240.700,
				has an active private detective license, private security contractor license,
				or permanent employee registration card, has paid the required fee, and meets
				all other requirements of the Act and this Part, the Division shall issue a
				canine handler authorization card to the employer for the employee. A photocopy
				of the certification of completion of canine handler training issued by the
				canine trainer pursuant to Section
				1240.700(g)
				and submitted with the application for issuance of a canine handler
				authorization card shall suffice as verification.
c) The canine handler authorization card
				shall be retained by the employee for the term of employment. Upon termination
				of employment, the card shall be returned to the Division by the employer. In
				the event an employee fails to return a canine handler authorization card to
				the employer, the employer shall notify the Division in writing of the failure
				and the reason why the card was not returned.
d) If an employee is employed by more than
				one agency, regardless of whether the agencies are owned or operated by the
				same person or entity or different persons or entities, that employee must
				possess a separate canine handler authorization card for each agency.
e) All canine handlers and canines certified
				in either explosives odor detection or narcotics odor detection shall be
				required to conduct, at a minimum, four hours per week of maintenance training.
				Maintenance training shall consist of classroom, self-study or field training
				exercises performed at the discretion of the agency. The maintenance training
				shall be fully documented and maintained by the agency in accord with other
				training documentation.
f) "Canine
				handler registration card", as used in Section 35-41 of the Act, means a canine
				handler authorization card.
g) In
				the event that the private detective license, private security contractor
				license, or permanent employee registration card issued to a person who also
				has been issued a canine handler authorization card is revoked, suspended, not
				renewed or otherwise terminated, the canine handler authorization card shall be
				terminated or cancelled. Any probationary terms or other restrictions imposed
				upon a private detective license, private security contractor license, or
				permanent employee registration card shall also be imposed on the person's
				canine handler authorization card.
h) Every canine handler authorization card
				shall expire on the date specified on the face of the card. The card shall be
				renewed, after payment of the renewal fee, upon proof that:
1) The employee has been recertified on the
				canine handler field training course within one year preceding the renewal
				date;
2) The employee continues to
				be employed by the agency to which the card was issued; and
3) The employee continues to hold a valid
				private detective license, private security contractor license, or permanent
				employee registration card.