SB 1226, as amended, Correa. Veterans: professional licensing.
Under existing law, boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs license and regulate persons practicing various healing arts, professions, vocations, and businesses, including accountants, dentists, proprietary security services, and real estate brokers. Existing law requires a board to expedite the licensure process for an applicant who holds a current license in another state, district, or territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for which he or she seeks a license from the board, if the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in California under official active duty military orders.
This bill, on and after July 1, 2016, would require a board to expedite, or when applicable assist, thebegin insert initialend insert licensure process for an applicant who supplies satisfactory evidence to the board that he or she has served as an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States and was honorably discharged.
Existing law requires a person registered and hired as a proprietary private security officer to complete training in security officer skills within 6 months of registration being issued or being employed, except as specified.
This bill would authorize submission of Verification of Military Experience and Training (VMET) records showing the person has completedbegin delete comparableend deletebegin insert equivalentend insert military
training in lieu of completing a course of training in security officer skills. The bill would require the department to determine the type of equivalent military training that qualifies to serve as a substitute.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 115.4 is added to the Business and
2Professions Code, to read:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, on and after July 1,
42016, a board within the department shall expedite, and may assist,
5thebegin insert initialend insert licensure process for an applicant who supplies
6satisfactory evidence to the board that the applicant has served as
7an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States
8and was honorably discharged.
9(b) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this
10section.
Section 7574.18 of the Business and Professions Code
12 is amended to read:
(a) Except for a person who has completed the course
14of training required by Section 7583.45, a person registered and
15hired as a proprietary private security officer shall complete training
16in security officer skills within six months from the date upon
17which registration is issued, or within six months of his or her
18employment with a proprietary private security employer.
19(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a course provider
20shall issue a certificate to a proprietary private security officer
21upon satisfactory completion of a required course, conducted in
22accordance with the department’s requirements.
P3 1(2) If a proprietary private security employer administers a
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course of training pursuant to this section, that proprietary private
3security employer shall issue a certificate to a proprietary private
4security officer for the completion of training in security officer
5skills that each proprietary private security officer is required to
6complete, as determined by the department, including, but not
7limited to, power-to-arrest training. However, the employer shall
8not be required to provide a certificate for training courses provided
9pursuant to a curriculum adopted by the department that are specific
10to that employer’s business and where the subject of training is
11not specifically required by the department.
12(c) An employer of a proprietary private security officer may
13provide training programs and courses in addition to the training
14required in this section.
15(d) The department shall develop and establish by regulation a
16standard course and curriculum, which shall include a minimum
17number of hours of instruction, for the skills training required by
18subdivision (a) to promote and protect the safety of persons and
19the security of property. For this purpose, the regulations adopted
20by the department pursuant to Section 7574.5, as added by Chapter
21721 of the Statutes of 2007, are continued in existence, and shall
22be amended by the department as necessary.
23(e) The course of training required by subdivision (a) may be
24administered, tested, and certified by any proprietary private
25security employer, organization, or school approved by the
26department. The department may approve any proprietary private
27security employer, organization, or school
to teach the course.
28(f) (1) A proprietary private security employer shall annually
29provide each employee registered pursuant to this chapter with
30specifically dedicated review or practice of security officer skills
31prescribed in the training required in this section. The bureau shall
32adopt and approve by regulation the minimum number of hours
33required for annual review.
34(2) A proprietary private security employer shall maintain at
35the principal place of business or branch office a record verifying
36completion of the review or practice training for a period of not
37less than two years. The records shall be available for inspection
38by the department upon request.
39(g) This section does not apply to a
peace officer, as defined in
40Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2
P4 1of the Penal Code, who has successfully completed a course of
2study in the exercise of the power to arrest approved by the
3Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. This section
4does not apply to armored vehicle guards.
5(h) A person registered and hired as a proprietary private security
6officer may submit Verification of Military Experience and
7Training (VMET) records that document that the person has
8completed equivalent military training in lieu of completing a
9course of training in security officer skills pursuant to subdivision
10(a). The department shall determine the type of equivalent military
11training that qualifies to serve as a substitute.
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