North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 14B - Public Safety › Chapter 03 - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT › Section .0500 - NORTH CAROLINA HAZARDOUS MATERIAL REGIONAL RESPONSE PROGRAM › Section 03 .0509 - PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND EQUIPMENT STANDARDS FOR REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL PROGRAM PERSONNEL

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				Requirements for all system personnel
(1)
				Qualified personnel shall be no less than 18 years of age;
(2) Qualified personnel shall be an employee
				of a Sponsoring Agency or an employee of the North Carolina Division of
				Emergency Management. By participating in this program, program personnel
				remain employees of their Sponsoring Agency and at no time become State
				employees entitled to State benefits unless they are an employee of
				NCEM;
(3) Qualified personnel shall
				maintain no less than 48 hours of hazardous material training annually
				consistent with 29 CFR
				1910.120(e);
(4) Qualified personnel shall possess the
				qualifications of character and general fitness requisite for a public servant
				and be of good moral character and entitled to the high regard and confidence
				of the public, as evidenced by not having been convicted by a local, state,
				federal, or military court of:
(A) a
				felony;
(B) a crime or unlawful act
				defined as a Class 1A, Class 1, or Class 2 misdemeanor within the five-years
				prior or four or more crimes or unlawful acts as defined as a Class 1A, Class
				1, or Class 2 misdemeanor regardless of the date of conviction;
(C) not having been convicted of an offense
				that would prohibit the possession of a firearm or ammunition, under
				18 U.S.C.
				922, which is hereby incorporated by
				reference with subsequent amendments and editions under
				G.S.
				150B-21.6 can be found at no cost
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2018-title18/pdf/USCODE-2018-title18-partI-chap44.pdf
;
(D) being truthful in providing information
				to the appointing agency;
(E) not
				having pending or outstanding charges that, if convicted, would exclude
				eligibility under this Rule.
(5) make the following notifications:
(A) within seven days of the qualifying
				event, notify the Sponsoring Agency in writing of all criminal or traffic
				offenses for which the individual is charged or arrested;
(B) within seven days of the qualifying
				event, notify the Sponsoring Agency in writing of all criminal offenses for
				which the individual pleads no contest, pleads guilty, or convicted;
(C) within seven days of criminal summons
				pursuant to the provisions of Article 17 of Chapter 15A of the G.S., shall
				notify the Sponsoring Agency that he or she has been served by a judicial
				official;
(D) within seven days of
				the date the case was disposed of in court, the Sponsoring Agency, provided
				they have knowledge of program personnel's arrests or criminal charges and
				final dispositions, shall also notify the NCEM of arrests or criminal charges
				and final disposition of the criminal charges against program personnel;
				and
(E) within seven days of the
				issuance of all Domestic Violence Protective Orders pursuant to G.S. 50B and
				Civil No Contact Orders pursuant to G.S. 50C, the Sponsoring Agency, provided
				they have the knowledge of the order, shall also notify NCEM of these
				orders.