Virginia Administrative Code › Title 6 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES › Chapter 172 - REGULATIONS RELATING TO PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES BUSINESSES › Part I - Definition › Section 6VAC20-172-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
In addition to the words and terms defined in §
										9.1-138 of the Code of Virginia,
					 the following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the
					 following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Administrative Process Act" means Chapter 40 (§
										2.2-4000 et seq.) of Title 2.2 of
					 the Code of Virginia.
"Board" means the Criminal Justice Services Board or any
					 successor board or agency.
"Date of hire" means the date any employee of a private
					 security services business or training school performs services regulated or
					 required to be regulated by the department.
"Department" or "DCJS" means the Department of Criminal
					 Justice Services or any successor agency.
"Director" means the chief administrative officer of the
					 department.
"Electronic images" means an acceptable method of
					 maintaining required documentation through the scanning, storage, and
					 maintenance of verifiable electronic copies of original documentation.
"Employee" means a natural person employed by a licensee to
					 perform private security services that are regulated by the department.
"Firearms endorsement" means a method of regulation that
					 identifies an individual registered as a private security registrant and has
					 successfully completed the annual firearms training and has met the
					 requirements as set forth in 6VAC20-174.
"Firm" means a business entity, regardless of method of
					 organization, applying for an initial or renewal private security services
					 business license or private security services training school
					 certification.
"Incident" means an event that exceeds the normal extent of
					 one's duties.
"Independent contractor" means a self-employed personal
					 protection specialist or a private investigator who (i) maintains comprehensive
					 liability insurance in an amount fixed by the department, (ii) has been issued
					 a registration by the department, and (iii) enters into a contract to perform
					 work for a private security business licensed to provide services within the
					 Commonwealth.
"Intermediate weapon" means a tool not fundamentally
					 designed to cause deadly force with conventional use. This would exclude all
					 metal ammunition firearms or edged weapons. These weapons include
					 baton/collapsible baton, chemical irritants, electronic restraining devices,
					 projectiles, and other less lethal weapons as defined by the department.
"Licensed firm" means a business entity, regardless of
					 method of organization, that holds a valid private security services business
					 license issued by the department.
"Licensee" means a licensed private security services
					 business.
"Official documentation" means personnel records;
					 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD214); copies of
					 business licenses indicating ownership; law-enforcement transcripts;
					 certificates of training completion; a signed letter provided directly by a
					 current or previous employer detailing dates of employment and job duties;
					 college transcripts; letters of commendation; private security services
					 registrations, certifications or licenses from other states; and other
					 employment, training, or experience verification documents. A resume is not
					 considered official documentation.
"On duty" means the time during which private security
					 services business personnel receive or are entitled to receive compensation for
					 employment for which a registration or certification is required.
"Performance of his duties" means on duty in the context of
					 this chapter.
"Person" means any individual, group of individuals, firm,
					 company, corporation, partnership, business, trust, association, or other legal
					 entity.
"Physical address" means the location of the building that
					 houses a private security services business or training school or the location
					 where the individual principals of a business reside. A post office box is not
					 a physical address.
"Principal" means any sole proprietor, individual listed as
					 an officer or director with the Virginia State Corporation Commission, board
					 member of the association, or partner of a licensed firm or applicant for
					 licensure.
"Private security services business personnel" means each
					 employee of a private security services business who is employed as an unarmed
					 security officer, armed security officer/courier, armored car personnel,
					 security canine handler, detector canine handler, private investigator,
					 personal protection specialist, alarm respondent, a locksmith, central station
					 dispatcher, electronic security employee, an electronic security sales
					 representative, electronic security technician, or electronic security
					 technician's assistant.
"Reciprocity" means the relation existing between Virginia
					 and any other state, commonwealth, or province as established by agreements
					 approved by the board.
"Recognition" means the relation of accepting various
					 application requirements between Virginia and any other state, commonwealth, or
					 province as established by agreements approved by the board.
"Related field" means any field with training requirements,
					 job duties, and experience similar to those of the private security services
					 field in which the applicant wishes to be licensed, certified, or registered.
					 This term includes law enforcement and certain categories of the
					 military.
"This chapter" means the Regulations Relating to Private
					 Security Services Businesses (6VAC20-172).
Statutory Authority: §
												9.1-141 of the Code of
						Virginia.