37 Tex. Admin. Code § 35.161 - Continuing Education Requirements
(a)
An application to renew an individual license may not be submitted until the
required minimum hours of department approved continuing education credits have
been earned in accordance with the Act and this chapter. Proof of the required
continuing education must be maintained by the employer and contained in the
employee's personnel file. All individual licensees shall indicate they have
completed the required minimum hours of department approved continuing
education credits on their application for renewal.
(b) Owners, partners, and shareholders who
hold individual licenses as owners only, shall complete a total of eight (8)
hours of continuing education, including seven (7) hours in the subject matter
that relates to the type of regulated service provided by their company, and
one (1) hour of ethics. Noncommissioned security officers, and all individuals
not required to obtain a commission or license under the Act are specifically
exempted from the continuing education requirements.
(c) All individual license holders not
otherwise addressed in this section shall complete a total of eight (8) hours
of continuing education, seven (7) hours of which must be in subject matter
that relates to the type of individual license held, and one (1) hour of which
must cover ethics.
(d) Private
investigators with more than fifteen (15) years of continued licensure as a
private investigator shall complete a total of twelve (12) hours of continuing
education, eight (8) hours of which must relate to investigations, two (2)
hours of which must cover ethics, and two (2) hours of which must involve the
review of the Act and the rules of this chapter.
(e) Private investigators with less than
fifteen (15) years of continued licensure as a private investigator shall
complete a total of eighteen (18) hours of continuing education, fourteen (14)
of which must relate to investigations, two (2) hours of which must cover
ethics, and two (2) hours of which must involve the review of the Act and the
rules of this chapter.
(f) Any
individual licensed as a private investigator who fails to complete the
required continuing education during the twenty-four (24) months of initial
licensure is not eligible to make a new or renewal application until such time
as the training requirement for the previous licensure period has been
satisfied.
(g) Commissioned
security officers and personal protection officers shall complete six (6) hours
of continuing education by completing the renewal portions of the Level III or
IV training course, as applicable. All continuing education for commissioned
security officers and personal protection officers must be taught by department
approved training schools and instructors. Commissioned security officers shall
submit a firearms proficiency certificate along with the renewal
application.
(h) During the first
twelve (12) months of initial licensure, alarm system installers must complete
the Alarm Level I training. This training consists of sixteen (16) hours of
classroom instruction or equivalent online course as approved by the
department, with two (2) hours covering the National Electrical Code (NEC) as
it applies to low voltage. Alarm systems installer must earn eight (8) hours of
continuing education credits in an alarm related field, with one (1) hour
covering the National Electrical Code (NEC) as it applies to low voltage,
during each subsequent twenty-four (24) month period. This requirement must be
satisfied prior to the expiration date of the license and before
renewal.
(i) For the protection of
the installer and the general public, the work of an alarm system installer who
has not completed the required sixteen (16) hours of instruction must be
overseen by an installer who has completed the required sixteen (16) hours of
instruction. The oversight required under this section need not involve direct
physical supervision, but the overseeing installer is responsible for ensuring
the installation complies with all applicable requirements and
regulations.
(j) Any licensed alarm
systems installer who fails to complete sixteen (16) hours of training during
the twenty-four (24) months of initial licensure, or who fails to complete
eight (8) hours of continuing education during any subsequent licensing period
is not eligible to renew until all training requirements for the previous
license period have been satisfied.
(k) Alarm monitors shall complete four (4)
hours of continuing education relating to the duties and responsibilities of an
alarm monitor.
(l) All individuals
licensed as locksmiths must complete sixteen (16) hours of continuing education
every two (2) years.
(m) Attendees
of continuing education courses shall maintain certificates of completion
furnished by the school director in their files for a period of two (2) years.
Attendees shall furnish the department with copies of all certificates of
completion upon request.
(n)
Continuing education courses are only valid if completed within the two year
period preceding the license's current expiration date.
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