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 V - Instructor Application Procedures; Administrative Requirements; Standards of Conduct › Section 6VAC20-173-110 - Instructor administrative requirements and standards of conduct

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
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. An
					 instructor shall:
1. Conform to all
				  requirements pursuant to the Code of Virginia and this chapter.
2. 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.
3. Not have been convicted or found guilty in
				  any jurisdiction of the United States of any felony or a misdemeanor involving
				  moral turpitude, assault and battery, damage to real or personal property,
				  controlled substances or imitation controlled substances as defined in Article
				  1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia,
				  prohibited sexual behavior as described in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of
				  Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia, or firearms. Any plea of nolo
				  contendere shall be considered a conviction for the purpose of this chapter.
				  The record of conviction certified or authenticated in such form as to be
				  admissible in evidence under the laws of the jurisdiction where convicted shall
				  be prima facie evidence of such guilt.
4. Inform the department, and the training
				  school for which the individual is designated as an instructor if applicable,
				  in writing within 10 days after pleading guilty or nolo contendere or being
				  convicted or found guilty of any felony or of a misdemeanor as outlined in §
				  9.1-139K of the Code of Virginia.
5. Inform the department, and the training
				  school for which the individual is designated as instructor if applicable, 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.
6. Not violate or aid
				  and abet others in violating the provisions of Article 4 (§ 9.1-138 et seq.) of
				  Chapter 1 of Title 9.1 of the Code of Virginia, 6VAC20-172, 6VAC20-174, or this
				  chapter.
7. Not commit any act or
				  omission that results in a private security license, registration, or
				  certification as defined in the § 9.1-138 of the Code of Virginia being
				  suspended, revoked, or not renewed or the licensee, registrant, or certificate
				  holder otherwise being disciplined in any jurisdiction.
8. Not obtain a license, license renewal,
				  registration, registration renewal, certification, or certification renewal
				  through any fraud or misrepresentation.
9. Conduct training sessions pursuant to
				  requirements established in this chapter.
10. Notify the department within 10 calendar
				  days following termination of his employment as instructor for the training
				  school.
11. Not engage in acts of
				  unprofessional conduct in the practice of private security services.
12. Not engage in acts of negligent or
				  incompetent private security services.
13. Not make any misrepresentation or false
				  promise to a private security services business client or potential private
				  security services business client.
14. Not violate any state or local ordinances
				  relating to private security services.
15. Maintain documentation of successful
				  completion of a minimum of two hours of professional development for topics
				  related to each category of instructor certification as established in this
				  chapter during each certification period or successful completion of compulsory
				  in-service training by another private security services certified instructor
				  if also registered in the same categories.
16. Not publish or cause to be published any
				  material relating to private security services that contain an assertion,
				  representation, or statement of fact that is false, deceptive, or
				  misleading.
17. Not provide false
				  or misleading information to representatives of the department.
18. Not provide materially incorrect,
				  misleading, incomplete, or untrue information on any email, application, or
				  other document filed with the department.
19. Transport, carry, and utilize firearms
				  while on duty only in a manner that does not endanger the public health,
				  safety, and welfare.
20. Report in
				  writing to the training school director within 24 hours of any person regulated
				  by the board who fails to requalify with a minimum passing score on the
				  range.
21. Provide any person who
				  fails to requalify with a minimum passing score on the range with a failure to
				  requalify notice provided by the department.
Statutory Authority: § 9.1-141 of the Code of
						Virginia.