North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 12 - JUSTICE › Chapter 10 - SHERIFFS' EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS COMMISSION › Subchapter B - N.C. SHERIFFS' EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS COMMISSION › Section .0700 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR JUSTICE OFFICER SCHOOLS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS OR COURSES OF INSTRUCTION › Section 10B .0713 - ADMISSION OF TRAINEES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The school
				  shall not admit any individual as a trainee in any commission-certified basic
				  training course who is not a citizen of the United States.
(b) The school shall not admit any individual
				  younger than 20 years of age as a trainee in any Detention Officer
				  Certification Course and shall not admit any individual younger than 18 years
				  of age as a trainee in the Telecommunicator Certification Course without the
				  prior written approval of the Director of the Standards Division. The Director
				  shall approve those individuals who will turn 20 years of age prior to the end
				  of any Detention Officer Certification Course and, those individuals who will
				  turn 18 years of age prior to the end of the Telecommunicator Certification
				  Course.
(c) The school shall not
				  admit any individual who has not provided the documentation required by
				  12 NCAC
				  10B .0302 to demonstrate that he or she meets
				  the high school educational requirement set out in
				  12 NCAC
				  10B .0302.
(d) The school shall give priority admission
				  in commission-certified basic training courses to individuals holding full-time
				  employment with criminal justice agencies.
(e) The school shall not admit any individual
				  as a trainee in a presentation of any Detention Officer Certification Course or
				  the Telecommunicator Certification Course unless the individual has provided to
				  the School a Medical Examination Report Form (F-2) and the Medical History
				  Statement Form (F-1) in compliance with
				  12 NCAC
				  10B .0304. The F-1 is completed by applicants
				  and shall contain questions concerning biographical information, current
				  medications, allergies, and past medical history, serious illnesses and medical
				  conditions, hospitalizations, immunizations, and occupational history. The F-2
				  form is completed by a medical examiner and shall contain an applicant's
				  biographical information, vision, hearing, cardiovascular and circulator
				  health, urinalysis, TB skin test, and other medical conditions relevant to the
				  applicant's physical fitness to perform the duties of a justice officer. Form
				  F-2 also contains the examining medical professional's recommendation and
				  concerns as to an applicant's physical fitness to perform the duties of a
				  justice officer. The Medical Examination Report Form (F-2) and the Medical
				  History Statement Form (F-1) required by the North Carolina Criminal Justice
				  Education and Training Standards Commission shall be recognized by the
				  Commission for the purpose of complying with this Rule.
(f) The school shall not admit any individual
				  trainee in commission-certified basic training courses unless the individual
				  has provided the School a certified criminal record check for local and state
				  records where the trainee has resided within the past 10 years and where the
				  trainee attended high school. The record check shall be from the Clerk of
				  Court, a law enforcement agency within the jurisdiction, or other governmental
				  entity that maintains or has access to criminal records for the jurisdiction.
				  The record shall be certified by the entity providing the record with either a
				  raised seal or other visible verification that the document is an authentic
				  copy. An Administrative Office of the Courts criminal record check or a
				  comparable out-of-state criminal record check shall satisfy this requirement.
				  If an individual trainee has received a probationary certificate from the
				  Commission at the time of enrollment, this records check requirement shall be
				  waived.
(g) The school shall not
				  admit any individual as a trainee in commission-certified basic training
				  courses who has been convicted of the following:
(1) a felony;
(2) a crime for which the punishment could
				  have been imprisonment for more than two years;
(3) a crime or unlawful act defined as a
				  "Class B Misdemeanor" within the five year period prior to the date of
				  appointment;
(4) four or more
				  crimes or unlawful acts as defined as "Class B Misdemeanors" regardless of the
				  date of conviction;
(5) four or
				  more crimes or unlawful acts defined as "Class A Misdemeanors" except the
				  trainee may be enrolled if the last conviction occurred more than two years
				  prior to the date of enrollment; or
(6) any combination of four or more "Class A
				  Misdemeanors" or "Class B Misdemeanors" regardless of the date of
				  conviction.