North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 12 - JUSTICE › Chapter 09 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS › Subchapter B - STANDARDS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT: EDUCATION: AND TRAINING › Section .0300 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTRUCTORS › Section 09B .0314 - CERTIFICATION OF DIVERSION INVESTIGATORS AND SUPERVISORS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The diversion training courses for
				  investigators and supervisors shall provide the trainee with the skills and
				  knowledge to perform the duties of a law enforcement Diversion Investigator or
				  Supervisor. The diversion training course for investigators shall be 20
				  classroom hours delivered utilizing the Prescription Drug Diversion
				  Investigator Certification Course developed by the North Carolina State Bureau
				  of Investigation and North Carolina Justice Academy. The diversion training
				  course for supervisors shall be administered in a four hour online training
				  course utilizing the Prescription Drug Diversion Supervisor Certification
				  Course developed by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and North
				  Carolina Justice Academy. To be certified as a Diversion Investigator or
				  Diversion Supervisor the trainee shall complete the respective diversion
				  training course and achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on the comprehensive
				  written or online examination. The examination shall be an objective test
				  covering the topic areas contained in the accredited course
				  curriculum.
(b) Applications for
				  Diversion Investigator or Diversion Investigator Supervisor Certification shall
				  be submitted to the Standards Division within 60 days of the date the applicant
				  passed the State comprehensive examination administered at the conclusion of
				  the Commission-accredited diversion training program. Persons having completed
				  the Commission-accredited diversion training course and not having submitted
				  the application within 60 days of the date the applicant passed the State
				  comprehensive examination shall complete a subsequent Commission-accredited
				  diversion training course in its entirety.
(c) Only a Sheriff, deputy sheriff, or law
				  enforcement officer certified or appointed through the North Carolina Criminal
				  Justice Education and Training Standards or North Carolina Sheriffs' Education
				  and Training Standards Commissions and employed by a law enforcement agency
				  shall be enrolled in a diversion training course. A trainee shall not be
				  certified as a Diversion Investigator or Diversion Supervisor until the Basic
				  Law Enforcement Training course, pursuant to Rule .0205 of this Subchapter, has
				  been completed with passing scores and probationary or general law enforcement
				  certification has been granted as outlined in
				  12 NCAC
				  09C .0303,
				  12 NCAC
				  09C .0304,
				  12 NCAC
				  10B .0403 or
				  12 NCAC
				  10B .0404. Sheriffs and appointed deputy
				  sheriffs shall be allowed to participate in the diversion training courses on a
				  space available basis at the discretion of the Diversion Training Course School
				  Director without having enrolled in, or having completed with passing scores,
				  the Basic Law Enforcement Training course, pursuant to Rule .0205 of this
				  Subchapter and
				  12 NCAC
				  09G .0411 and without being currently
				  certified in a probationary status or holding justice officer
				  certification.
(d) Special Agents
				  with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation deemed Diversion
				  Investigators as of July 1, 2019, shall be automatically granted certification
				  under this Rule for a period of three years.
(e) The term of certification as a Diversion
				  Investigator or Supervisor shall be three years. An application for renewal
				  shall be received by the Criminal Justice Standards Division within 60 days
				  prior to the current certification date and shall include the following:
(1) proof that the applicant completed the
				  one hour Diversion Investigator or Diversion Supervisor refresher training as
				  provided by the North Carolina Justice Academy, and
(2) a completed Diversion
				  Investigator/Supervisor Application, Form F-22(LE).