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24.182.503    EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

(1) Experience requirements for resident managers of contract security companies and proprietary security organizations are as follows:

(a) two years full-time (35 or more hours per week) experience as:

(i) an employee or employer in the field for which licensure is sought;

(ii) a sworn member of any:

(A) federal investigative agency;

(B) military police; or

(C) state, county, or city investigative or law enforcement group or police department; or

(iii) a supervisor or administrator in industrial or governmental security; or

(b) vocational training of at least four, 12-credit semesters in security company operations.

(2) Experience requirements for resident managers of electronic security companies are as follows:

(a) two years full-time (35 or more hours per week) experience as an employer or employee in the field for which licensure is sought.

(3) Experience requirements for private investigators are as follows:

(a) three years full-time experience:

(i) engaged in the private investigative business;

(ii) employed as a private investigator or having held a certificate of authority to conduct a private investigative business;

(iii) having been an investigator, detective, special agent, or peace officer of a city, county, or state government or of the United States government; or

(iv) engaged in the fire investigative business or having been a fire investigator.

(b) In determining experience qualifications for private investigator licensure, "three years" means an accumulation of 5400 hours of experience. Self-employment must be verified by tax returns.

(c) One and one-half years experience as a licensed insurance investigator may be applied toward the three years of experience required for a private investigator.

(4) Proof of education and training must be submitted with the application and may include:

(a) transcripts;

(b) diplomas;

(c) seminar certificates;

(d) course completion certificates; or

(e) other supporting evidence.

(5) Six months of the experience requirement may be met by successful completion and verification of the basic course at the Montana Law Enforcement Academy.

(6) A combination of experience, education, and training may be used to meet the experience requirement, but education and training may not exceed one-half of the experience required.

History: 37-1-131, 37-60-202, 37-60-303, MCA; IMP, 37-1-131, 37-60-301, 37-60-303, 37-60-304, MCA; NEW, 1984 MAR p. 589, Eff. 4/13/84; AMD, 1986 MAR p. 946, Eff. 5/30/86; AMD, 1993 MAR p. 2413, Eff. 10/15/93; AMD, 1997 MAR p. 633, Eff. 4/8/97; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 2705, Eff. 10/9/98; TRANS, from Commerce, & AMD, 2005 MAR p. 1926, Eff. 10/7/05; AMD, 2008 MAR p. 951, Eff. 5/9/08; AMD, 2010 MAR p. 1194, Eff. 5/14/10.

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