Pennsylvania Code › Title 40 - LIQUOR › Part I - LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 5 - DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF LICENSEES › Subchapter I - RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM › CURRICULUM FOR SERVER/SELLER TRAINING › Section 5.213 - Alternative curriculum

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The
					 PLCB makes available, on the BAE's page on the PLCB's web site, an electronic
					 link to guidelines for submitting an alternative curriculum to be approved by
					 the PLCB, along with an electronic link to the most current version of the
					 PLCB's Web Trainee Transfer Service requirements. If an individual or entity
					 requests the PLCB to provide this information in hard copy through mail, the
					 PLCB will assess a flat fee, under an established fee schedule, for printing
					 and mailing the information. The fee schedule will be published on the BAE's
					 page on the PLCB's web site.
(b)
					 The PLCB is authorized to approve the use of an alternative curriculum and
					 student manual developed by another person or entity for use by an online
					 training provider or a classroom instructor. An application for approval of the
					 alternative curriculum and student manual must be accompanied by a
					 nonrefundable $250 application fee. The PLCB may approve the use of the
					 alternative curriculum and student manual if they are equivalent to or exceed
					 the PLCB's standard curriculum.
(c)
(1) In the event that the alternative
					 curriculum and student manual are not equivalent to or do not exceed the PLCB's
					 standard curriculum and student manual, the PLCB will advise the applicant in
					 writing as to the deficiencies within 90 days of receiving the alternative
					 curriculum, student manual and fee.
(2) The applicant will have 60 days from the
					 date of the notification to complete the required changes to the alternative
					 curriculum and resubmit it for evaluation. If the alternative curriculum and
					 student manual still do not meet or exceed the PLCB's standard curriculum and
					 student manual, the PLCB will again advise the applicant in writing as to the
					 deficiencies. The applicant will then have 30 days from the date of the second
					 notification to complete the required changes to the online training program
					 and provide access to the PLCB for a final evaluation of the alternative
					 curriculum. The resubmission under this subsection does not require the payment
					 of an additional fee.
(i) If the alternative
					 curriculum still includes deficiencies after the third submission to the PLCB,
					 the PLCB will send a notice to the applicant by United States mail that the
					 alternative curriculum will not be approved and that the application is closed.
					 No refund will be given to the applicant.
(ii) The PLCB will not accept, for a minimum
					 of 1 year from the date of the notice advising the applicant that the
					 application was closed, another application for alternative curriculum approval
					 from the applicant. Applications will only be accepted during a period of open
					 enrollment, which shall be posted on the BAE's page on the PLCB's web
					 site.
(3) If the
					 applicant has rectified the deficiencies in the alternative curriculum and
					 student manual and they are approved by the PLCB, the applicant shall submit a
					 clean, final copy of the approved alternative curriculum and the student
					 manual.