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 IV - Training School Application Procedures; Administrative Requirements; Standards of Conduct › Section 6VAC20-173-70 - Training school administrative requirements

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A training school shall:
1. Maintain at all times with the department
				  its physical address and email address if applicable. A post office box is not
				  a physical address. Notification of any change shall be in writing and received
				  by the department no later than 10 days after the effective date of the
				  change.
2. Employ at all times one
				  individual designated as training director who is currently certified as an
				  instructor pursuant to this chapter and who is not currently designated as
				  training director for another training school. A training school may designate
				  a maximum of four individuals as assistant training school directors.
3. Upon termination of the services of a
				  certified instructor, notify the department in writing within 10 calendar days.
				  Should the instructor also be designated as the training director for the
				  training school, this notification shall include the name of the instructor
				  responsible for the training school's adherence to applicable administrative
				  requirements and standards of conduct during the period of training director
				  replacement.
4. Within 90 days of
				  termination of employment of the sole remaining training director, submit the
				  name of a new instructor eligible for designation pursuant to this chapter and
				  who is not currently designated for another training school. Individuals not
				  currently eligible may pursue certification pursuant to this chapter. Such
				  notification shall be in writing and signed by a principal of the training
				  school and the designated training director.
5. Notify the department in writing of any
				  certified instructors or subject matter specialists eligible to provide
				  instruction at the training school. The notification shall be received by the
				  department prior to the individual conducting any training for the training
				  school and signed by the training school director and the designated instructor
				  or subject matter specialist.
6.
				  Prominently display at all times, in a conspicuous place where the public has
				  access, the training school certification issued by the department.
7. Maintain at all times current liability
				  coverage at least in the minimum amounts prescribed by the application
				  requirements of this chapter. Each day of uninsured activity would be construed
				  as an individual violation of this requirement.
8. Inform the department in writing within 10
				  days of any principal, partner, officer, instructor, or employee regulated or
				  required to be regulated by this chapter 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.
9. Inform the department in writing within 10
				  days of any principal, partner, officer, instructor, or employee regulated or
				  required to be regulated by this chapter 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.
10. Report in writing
				  to the department any change in its ownership or principals that does not
				  result in the creation of a new legal entity. Such written report shall be
				  received by the department within 10 days after the occurrence of such change
				  to include fingerprint cards submitted pursuant to this chapter.
11. Maintain at all times with the department
				  its current operating name and fictitious names. Any name change reports shall
				  be submitted in writing within 10 days after the occurrence of such change and
				  accompanied by certified true copies of the documents that establish the name
				  change.
12. Report in writing to
				  the department any change in the entity of the training school that results in
				  continued operation requiring a certification. Such written report shall be
				  received by the department within 10 days after the occurrence of such
				  change.
13. Maintain written
				  authorization from the department for any subject matter specialists being used
				  to provide instruction.
14. Develop
				  lesson plans for each training curriculum and subject being offered in
				  accordance with the topical outlines submitted to the department to include
				  hours of instruction as set forth in 6VAC20-174.
15. Maintain comprehensive and current lesson
				  plans for each entry level training curriculum and subject being
				  offered.
16. Maintain comprehensive
				  and current lesson plans for each in-service training curriculum and subject
				  being offered.
17. Maintain
				  comprehensive and current lesson plans for each firearms training curriculum
				  and subject being offered.
18. Date
				  all lesson plans and handout material, including the initial date of
				  development and subsequent revisions.
19. Ensure that current copies of the
				  following requirements are provided to and maintained with the department,
				  including:
a. A list of all training locations
				  used by the training school, excluding hotel or motel facilities;
b. A list of all firing range names and
				  locations;
c. A list of all subject
				  matter specialists currently employed or otherwise utilized; and
d. Copies of current topical outlines for all
				  lesson plans and curriculums. The lesson plans and subsequent course outlines
				  shall include (i) specific reference to the course content involving the Code
				  of Virginia, 6VAC20-174, and this chapter and (ii) the hours of
				  instruction.