Virginia Administrative Code › Title 6 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES › Chapter 173 - REGULATIONS RELATING TO PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOLS › Part VI - Detector Canine Handler Examiner Application Procedures; Administrative Requirements; Standards of Conduct › Section 6VAC20-173-150 - Detector canine handler examiners administrative requirements and standards of conduct

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. All private
				  security services certified personnel are required to maintain administrative
				  requirements and standards of conduct as determined by the Code of Virginia,
				  department guidelines, and this chapter.
B. Administrative requirements. An examiner
				  shall:
1. Maintain at all times with the
				  department his mailing address and email address if applicable. Notification of
				  any address change shall be in writing and received by the department no later
				  than 10 days after the effective date of the change.
2. Inform the department, and the business or
				  training school for which the individual is employed if applicable, in writing
				  within 10 days after pleading guilty or nolo contendere, and after being
				  convicted or found guilty of any felony or of a misdemeanor as outlined in §
				  9.1-139K of the Code of Virginia.
3. Inform the department and the licensed
				  business or training school for which the individual is employed or utilized in
				  writing within 10 days after having been found guilty by any court or
				  administrative body of competent jurisdiction to have violated the private
				  security services business statutes or regulations of that jurisdiction
				  .
4. Satisfy all judgments to
				  include binding arbitrations related to private security services not
				  provided.
5. Notify the department
				  within 10 calendar days following termination of his employment as an examiner
				  for a business or training school.
6. Conduct examinations in accordance with
				  the standards of the Department of Defense Military Working Dog Program,
				  Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detector Guidelines, or other
				  nationally recognized organization approved by the department.
7. Notify the department within 10 calendar
				  days following termination of any certification as a detector canine handler
				  examiner or equivalent with any national organization, a unit of the United
				  States military, or another formal entity involved with certifying, training,
				  or setting standards for detection canines.
8. Notify the department in writing within 10
				  calendar days of determining that a detector canine handler or detector canine
				  fails to successfully complete the certification examination as prescribed in
				  6VAC20-174.
9. Maintain
				  documentation and a photograph of the examined detector canine team for three
				  years for all examinations conducted that verifies compliance with requirements
				  pursuant to the Code of Virginia, 6VAC20-174, and this chapter.
10. Utilize only department-approved
				  certification examinations for the testing and certification of detector canine
				  teams.