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 6VAC20-173-40 - Initial training school application

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Prior to the issuance of a training school
				  certification, the applicant shall meet or exceed the requirements of
				  certification and application submittal to the department as set forth in this
				  section.
B. Each person seeking
				  certification as a private security services training school shall file a
				  completed application provided by the department to include:
1. For each principal of the applying
				  training school, the principal's fingerprints pursuant to this
				  chapter;
2. A certificate of
				  insurance reflecting the department as a certificate holder, showing a policy
				  of comprehensive general liability insurance with a minimum coverage of
				  $100,000 per individual occurrence and $300,000 general aggregate issued by an
				  insurance company authorized to do business in Virginia;
3. For each nonresident applicant for a
				  training school, on a form provided by the department, a completed irrevocable
				  consent for the department to serve as service agent for all actions filed in
				  any court in this Commonwealth;
4.
				  For each applicant for certification as a private security services training
				  school except a sole proprietor and partnership, on a certification application
				  provided by the department, the identification number issued by the Virginia
				  State Corporation Commission for verification that the entity is authorized to
				  conduct business in the Commonwealth;
5. A physical location in Virginia where
				  records required to be maintained by the Code of Virginia and this chapter are
				  kept and available for inspection by the department. A post office box is not a
				  physical location;
6. On the
				  training school certification application, designation of at least one
				  individual as training director who is not designated as training director for
				  any other training school, and who is certified as an instructor pursuant to
				  this chapter. A maximum of four individuals may be designated as an assistant
				  training school director;
7. A copy
				  of the curriculum in course outline format for each category of training to be
				  offered, including the hours of instruction with initial and in-service courses
				  on separate documents;
8. A copy of
				  the training school regulations;
9.
				  A copy of the range regulations to include the assigned DCJS range
				  identification number if firearms training will be offered;
10. On the certification application,
				  selection of the category of training the applicant is seeking to provide. The
				  initial training school certification application fee includes one category. A
				  separate fee will be charged for each additional category of training. The
				  separate categories are identified as follows:
(i) security officers/couriers/alarm
				  respondents (armed and unarmed) to include arrest authority,
(ii) private investigators,
(iii) locksmiths and electronic security
				  personnel to include central station dispatchers,
(iv) armored car personnel,
(v) personal protection specialists,
(vi) detector canine handlers and
				  security canine handlers,
(vii)
				  special conservators of the peace pursuant to §
												9.1-150.1 of the Code
				  of Virginia,
(viii) bail bondsmen
				  pursuant to §
												9.1-185 of the Code
				  of Virginia and bail enforcement agents pursuant to §
												9.1-186 of the Code
				  of Virginia, and
(ix)
				  firearms;
11. The
				  applicable, nonrefundable category fee; and
12. The applicable, nonrefundable training
				  school certification application fee.