North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 14B - Public Safety › Chapter 18 - DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INFORMATION › Subchapter A - ORGANIZATIONAL FUNCTIONS AND DEFINITIONS › Section .0400 - STANDARDS AND CERITIFICATION AS A DCIN USER › Section 18A .0402 - CERTIFICATION AND RECERTIFICATION OF DCIN USERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				  Personnel who are assigned the duty of using a DCIN device shall be certified
				  within 120 days from employment or assignment to user duties. Certification
				  shall be awarded based on achieving a test score of 80 percent or greater in
				  each training module for which the user is seeking certification.
(b) All DCIN users shall be certified by DCI.
				  The initial certification of a user shall be awarded upon attending the
				  "DCIN/NCIC General Inquiries" module class, and achieving a passing score on
				  the accompanying test offered through the DCIN end user interface. A student
				  may also take one or more additional module training classes offered by DCI,
				  which teach the specific functions of DCIN applicable to their job duties. A
				  user may perform only those functions in which they have been trained and
				  certified.
(c) Tests for modules in
				  which a student is seeking initial certification shall be taken within 15 days
				  of the end of the class, and may be open-book. If a student fails the initial
				  certification test they shall have until the 15th day to pass the test, but
				  shall wait at least 24 hours between the failed test and the next attempt. A
				  student shall have a maximum of three attempts to pass the test. If the student
				  fails to achieve a passing score after the third attempt the user shall re-take
				  the module training class.
(d)
				  Recertification requires achieving a test score of 80 percent or higher on the
				  test corresponding to the module for which the user is seeking recertification,
				  and may be accomplished by taking the test through the DCIN end user interface.
				  Recertification is required every two years for each module in which the user
				  is certified and may be obtained any time 30 days prior to or 90 days after
				  expiration.
(e) Tests for modules
				  in which the user is seeking recertification shall be taken within 30 days
				  prior to expiration or within 90 days after expiration, and may be open-book.
				  If the user fails the recertification test the user shall have up to the 90th
				  day after expiration to pass the test, but shall wait at least 24 hours between
				  the failed test and the next attempt. A user shall have a maximum of three
				  attempts to pass the test. If the user fails to achieve a passing score after
				  the third attempt the user shall re-take the training module class. If a user
				  fails to recertify in any module after the 90th day the user must attend the
				  module training class for the module in which the user seeks recertification
				  and achieve a passing score on the test.
(f) Personnel newly hired or assigned to
				  duties of a terminal user shall receive an indoctrination on the basic
				  functions and terminology of DCIN by their own agency prior to attending an
				  initial certification class. Such personnel may operate a DCIN device during
				  the indoctrination if they are directly supervised by a certified user and are
				  within the 120-day training period.
(g) Any user whose Module 1 certification has
				  expired may recertify up to 90 days after the user's expiration. The individual
				  shall not use any device connected to DCIN during the time between expiration
				  and passing the recertification test(s). Any user whose Module 1 certification
				  has expired more than 90 days shall attend and successfully complete the
				  "DCIN/NCIC General Inquiries" class.
(h) When a DCIN certified user leaves the
				  employment of an agency, the TAC shall notify DCI within 24 hours, and disable
				  the user's user identifier. DCI shall move user's user identifier to an
				  inactive status until such time the user is employed by another
				  agency.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 114-10;
					 114-10.1;
Eff. August
					 1, 2014;
Transferred and Recodified from
					 12 NCAC
					 04H .0402 Eff. November 1, 2015;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. October 4,
					 2016.