Pennsylvania Code › Title 37 - LAW › Part IV - Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission › Subpart B - Retired Law Enforcement Officers Identification and Qualification › Chapter 221 - RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IDENTIFICATION AND QUALIFICATION CARDS › Subchapter C - QUALIFICATION CARD › Section 221.31 - Eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
An individual shall be eligible for a qualification card
						if the individual meets all of the following conditions:
(1) Resides in this Commonwealth.
(2) Meets the definition of a retired law
					 enforcement officer.
(3) Prior to
					 each annual qualification, completes a Pennsylvania Retired Officer Concealed
					 Carry Acknowledgement, on a form prescribed by the Commission, attesting to all
					 of the following, subject to the penalties of
					 18 Pa.C.S. §
												4904
					 (relating to unsworn falsification to authorities) and meets the following
					 conditions:
(i) The applicant intends to fire
					 and carry a revolver, semiautomatic or automatic weapon.
(ii) The applicant is a retired law
					 enforcement officer.
(iii) The
					 applicant retired or separated in good standing, specifying the public agency,
					 city and state from which the applicant retired or separated.
(iv) The applicant did not retire or separate
					 for reasons of mental instability.
(v) The applicant is not under the influence
					 of alcohol or another intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or
					 substance.
(vi) The applicant will
					 not carry a firearm while under the influence of alcohol or another
					 intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance.
(vii) The applicant is not prohibited by
					 Federal or State law from receiving or possessing a firearm.
(viii) The applicant understands and
					 acknowledges that the definition of a firearm does not include any machine gun,
					 firearms silencer, destructive device or prohibited offensive weapon.
(ix) The applicant understands and
					 acknowledges that the person shall meet the Commonwealth's standards for
					 training and qualification for active law enforcement officers to carry a
					 firearm of the same type as the applicant's concealed weapon.
(x) The applicant understands and
					 acknowledges that when carrying the concealed weapon, the applicant shall carry
					 Pennsylvania's qualification card, along with the identification card issued
					 under §
												221.23 (relating to identification
					 card issuance) or identification issued by another public agency satisfying the
					 requirements of 18 U.S.C.
					 §
													926C(d) (relating to
					 carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement
					 officers).
(xi) The applicant
					 understands and acknowledges that the qualification card expires 12 months from
					 the date of issue and it is the applicant's responsibility to reapply if the
					 applicant wants to continue to carry the weapon under the act and this
					 chapter.
(xii) The applicant
					 understands and acknowledges that this authorization applies only to the type
					 of weapon with which the applicant qualified.
(xiii) The applicant understands and
					 acknowledges that Pennsylvania's certification does not give him any right
					 whatsoever to exercise law enforcement authority or take police action under
					 any circumstances.
(xiv) The
					 applicant understands and acknowledges that a background investigation is
					 required and authorizes one to be conducted to determine if the applicant has
					 been convicted of any criminal offenses or has any mental health issues that
					 would disqualify the applicant from possessing a concealed weapon.
(xv) The applicant has not been charged with
					 nor convicted of any felony or misdemeanor in this Commonwealth or any similar
					 offenses under any other State or Federal law that would prohibit the applicant
					 from possessing a firearm.