Virginia Administrative Code › Title 6 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES › Chapter 174 - REGULATIONS RELATING TO PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES REGISTERED PERSONNEL › Part I - Definition › Section 6VAC20-174-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
In addition to the words and terms defined in §
										9.1-138 of the Code of Virginia,
					 the following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the
					 following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Administrative Process Act" means Chapter 40 (§
										2.2-4000 et seq.) of Title 2.2 of
					 the Code of Virginia.
"Board" means the Criminal Justice Services Board or any
					 successor board or agency.
"Business advertising material" means display
					 advertisements in telephone directories, on letterhead, on business cards, in
					 local newspaper advertising, and in contracts.
"Certified training school" means a training school that is
					 certified by the department for the specific purpose of training private
					 security services business personnel in at least one category of the compulsory
					 minimum training standards as set forth by the board.
"Class" means a block of instruction no less than 50
					 minutes in length on a particular subject.
"Classroom training" means instruction conducted in person
					 by an instructor to students in an organized manner utilizing a lesson
					 plan.
"Date of hire" means the date any employee of a private
					 security services business or training school performs services regulated or
					 required to be regulated by the department.
"Department" or "DCJS" means the Department of Criminal
					 Justice Services or any successor agency.
"Director" means the chief administrative officer of the
					 department.
"Electronic images" means an acceptable method of
					 maintaining required documentation through the scanning, storage, and
					 maintenance of verifiable electronic copies of original documentation.
"Employee" means a natural person employed by a licensee to
					 perform private security services that are regulated by the department.
"End user" means any person who purchases or leases
					 electronic security equipment for use in that person's home or business.
"Entry-level training" means the compulsory initial
					 training for regulated categories and basic or intermediate firearms training
					 standards adopted by the board for private security services business personnel
					 who are either new registrants or failed to timely complete in-service training
					 or firearms retraining within the prescribed time period.
"Firearms endorsement" means a method of regulation that
					 identifies an individual registered as a private security registrant and has
					 successfully completed the annual firearms training and has met the
					 requirements as set forth in this chapter.
"Independent contractor" means a self-employed personal
					 protection specialist or a private investigator who (i) maintains comprehensive
					 liability insurance in an amount fixed by the department, (ii) has been issued
					 a registration by the department, and (iii) enters into a contract to perform
					 work for a private security business licensed to provide services within the
					 Commonwealth.
" In-service training requirement" means the compulsory
					 in-service training standards adopted by the Criminal Justice Services Board
					 for private security services business personnel.
"Intermediate weapon" means a tool not fundamentally
					 designed to cause deadly force with conventional use. This would exclude all
					 metal ammunition firearms or edged weapons. These weapons include
					 baton/collapsible baton, chemical irritants, electronic restraining devices,
					 projectiles, and other less lethal weapons as defined by the department.
" Job-related training" means training specifically related
					 to the daily job functions of a given category of registration or certification
					 as defined in this chapter.
"Official documentation" means personnel records;
					 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD214); copies of
					 business licenses indicating ownership; law-enforcement transcripts;
					 certificates of training completion; a signed letter provided directly by a
					 current or previous employer detailing dates of employment and job duties;
					 college transcripts; letters of commendation; private security services
					 registrations, certifications, or licenses from other states; and other
					 employment, training, or experience verification documents. A resume is not
					 considered official documentation.
"On duty" means the time during which private security
					 services business personnel receive or are entitled to receive compensation for
					 employment for which a registration or certification is required.
"Online training" means training approved by the department
					 and offered via the Internet or an Intranet for the purpose of remote access
					 on-demand or distance training that meets all requirements for compulsory
					 minimum training standards.
"Performance of his duties" means on duty in the context of
					 this chapter.
"Person" means any individual, group of individuals, firm,
					 company, corporation, partnership, business, trust, association, or other legal
					 entity.
"Private security services business personnel" means each
					 employee of a private security services business who is employed as an unarmed
					 security officer, armed security officer/courier, armored car personnel,
					 security canine handler, detector canine handler, private investigator,
					 personal protection specialist, alarm respondent, locksmith, central station
					 dispatcher, electronic security employee, electronic security sales
					 representative, electronic security technician, or electronic security
					 technician's assistant.
"Reciprocity" means the relation existing between Virginia
					 and any other state, commonwealth, or province as established by agreements
					 approved by the board.
"Recognition" means the relation of accepting various
					 application requirements between Virginia and any other state, commonwealth, or
					 province as established by agreements approved by the board.
"Related field" means any field with training requirements,
					 job duties, and experience similar to those of the private security services
					 field in which the applicant wishes to be licensed, certified, or registered.
					 This term includes law enforcement and certain categories of the
					 military.
"Session" means a group of classes comprising the total
					 hours of mandated compulsory minimum training standards in any of the
					 categories of licensure, registration, or certification in accordance with this
					 part and in accordance with §§
										9.1-150.2,
					 9.1-185.2 and
					 9.1-186.2 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
"This chapter" means the Regulations Relating to Private
					 Security Services Registered Personnel (6VAC20-174).
"Training certification" means verification of the
					 successful completion of any training requirement established in this
					 chapter.
"Training requirement" means any entry-level, in-service,
					 or firearms training or retraining standard established in this chapter.
"Training school director" means a natural person
					 designated by a principal of a certified private security services training
					 school to assure the compliance of the private security services training
					 school with all applicable requirements as provided in the Code of Virginia and
					 this chapter.
"Uniform" means any clothing with a badge, patch, or
					 lettering that clearly identifies persons to any observer as private security
					 services business personnel, not law-enforcement officers.
Statutory Authority: §
												9.1-141 of the Code of
						Virginia.