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 VI - Detector Canine Handler Examiner Application Procedures; Administrative Requirements; Standards of Conduct › Section 6VAC20-173-180 - Online in-service training programs

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Online training programs may only be offered for
					 compulsory minimum in-service training requirements. Online training programs
					 shall meet the following requirements:
1. All online schools shall maintain a
				  private security services training school certification in good standing and
				  meet all of the administrative requirements and standards of conduct specified
				  in this chapter.
2. All online
				  training courses must meet the minimum compulsory in-service training standards
				  as prescribed in 6VAC20-174 to include topic and hour requirements.
3. All online training courses must provide
				  that a private security services instructor certified in the category of
				  training in which the course is being offered is available to the students
				  during normal business hours.
4.
				  All online training material to include complete course content, performance
				  objectives, and other applicable instructional material of mandated compulsory
				  training requirements must be approved by the department prior to offering a
				  course of instruction for enrollment.
5. Certifiable in-service training may
				  include a maximum of one hour of instruction dedicated to the review of
				  regulations unless otherwise authorized by the department.
6. All online training course content, lesson
				  plans, course objectives, and other applicable instructional material must be
				  updated every two years to ensure curriculum is current.
7. All online training must be delivered
				  through a learning management system capable of managing training records,
				  delivering course content, monitoring participation, assessing performance, and
				  creating and editing course content.
8. Students enrolled in an online training
				  program shall successfully complete all course material within 30 days of the
				  first log-on to the training school learning management system or prior to the
				  registration or certification expiration date or final reinstatement
				  date.
9. All online training must
				  include assessment instruments that evaluate student performance.
10. Training schools offering online courses
				  that accept credit card payments shall subscribe to an e-commerce solution
				  service to protect the security and integrity of the monetary
				  transaction.
11. The learning
				  management system used by a certified training school shall allow the
				  department auditing access to the training system. Such auditing access shall
				  be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
12. The learning management system shall be
				  capable of generating a unique electronic notification of training completion
				  for each student completing the course requirements and each course of
				  instruction on a 24-hour a day basis.
13. The training completion form shall
				  include the following:
a. The name, a unique
				  identification number, and address of the individual;
b. The name of the particular course that the
				  individual completed;
c. Dates of
				  course completion;
d. Name,
				  address, telephone number, and license number of the training school;
				  and
e. Name and DCJS identification
				  number of the school director and primary instructor.