Summary


In Section R156-63a-304, these proposed amendments modify the continuing education requirements as follows: 1) a licensee's 16 hours of "core continuing education" during each renewal cycle must cover each one of the core topics; 2) the topic "management of aggressive behavior, use of force, de-escalation techniques" is removed as an optional professional continuing education topic, and is added as a required core continuing education topic; 3) unlimited hours of core, professional, or firearm continuing education credit may be granted for courses completed in blocks of time of not less than one hour in formally established classroom courses, seminars, or conferences; 4) unlimited hours of professional continuing education credit may be granted for Internet courses (but Internet courses will not qualify for core or firearm continuing education credit); 5) professional, not core, continuing education credit may be granted for hours of service on the Contract Security Services Licensing Board, a state or national security board, or the Contract Security Education Advisory Peer Committee; 6) a licensed contract security company must ensure that the continuing education courses offered to its employees meet the requirements of this section; 7) the Division may assign monitors at no charge to attend a continuing education course to evaluate the course and instructor; 8) it is clarified that the educational and training programs required for initial licensure may not be used to satisfy any continuing education requirement, in whole or in part; and 9) formatting changes are made for clarity, and citations are updated. In Section R156-63a-502, these proposed amendments update citations and add to the definitions of unprofessional conduct failing as a contract security company to comply with Subsection R156-63a-304(6) regarding continuing education courses/providers. In Section R156-63a-603, the change adds a correct subsection numbering. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The original proposed amendment upon which this change in proposed rule (CPR) was based was published in the November 15, 2018, issue of the Utah State Bulletin, on page 89. Underlining in the rule below indicates text that has been added since the publication of the proposed rule mentioned above; strike-out indicates text that has been deleted. You must view the CPR and the proposed amendment together to understand all of the changes that will be enforceable should the agency make this rule effective.)