Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 52, December 24, 2024
(a) The refund
policy for any approved security guard training school shall be as follows:
(1) The eight hour pre-assignment training
course. An approved security guard training school may retain no more than zero
percent of the course fees if a student withdraws from the course before
instruction begins or 100 percent of the course fees if the termination occurs
after instruction begins. In the event that such training course cannot be
conducted within one eight hour session and the course is conducted in two four
hour sessions within a seven day period, an approved security guard training
school may retain no more than zero percent of the course fees if the student
withdraws from the course before instruction begins; or 50 percent of the
course fees if the termination occurs after the commencement of the first four
hour session, but before instruction begins for the second four hour session;
or 100 percent of the course fees if the termination occurs after instruction
begins for the second four hour session.
(2) The on-the-job training course. An
approved security guard training school may retain no more than zero percent of
the course fees if the student withdraws from the course before instruction
begins or 100 percent of the course fees if the termination occurs after
instruction begins. In the event that the such training course is conducted in
two eight hour sessions, an approved security guard training school may retain
no more than zero percent of the course fees if the student withdraws from the
course before instruction begins; or 50 percent of the course fees if the
termination occurs after the commencement of the first eight hour session, but
before instruction begins for the second eight hour session; or 100 percent of
the course fees if the termination occurs after instruction begins for the
second eight hour session.
(3) The
47 hour firearms training course. The 47 hour firearms training course shall be
follow a curriculum consisting of at least 47 hours which includes:
(i) firearms handling, safety, proficiency
and qualification -- 40 hours; and
(ii) deadly physical force instruction,
review and examination -- seven hours.
An approved security guard training school may retain
no more than zero percent if the student withdraws from the course before
instruction begins; or one-sixth of the course fees if the termination occurs
after the commencement of the deadly force instruction, but before instruction
begins for the firearms handling, safety, proficiency and qualification
component of the course; or one hundred percent of the course fees if the
termination occurs after instruction begins for the firearms handling, safety,
proficiency and qualification component of the course.
(4) The eight hour annual
in-service training course. An approved security guard training school may
retain no more than zero percent of the course fees if a student withdraws from
the course before instruction begins or 100 percent of the course fees if the
termination occurs after instruction begins. In the event that such training
course cannot be conducted within one eight hour session and the course is
conducted in two four hour sessions within a seven day period, an approved
security guard training school may retain no more than zero percent of the
course fees if the student withdraws from the course before instruction begins;
or 50 percent of the course fees if the termination occurs after the
commencement of the first four hour session, but before instruction begins for
the second four hour session; or 100 percent of the course fees if the
termination occurs after instruction begins for the second four hour
session.
(b) Where a
security guard training course is conducted in any other approved number of
sessions, an approved security guard training school shall refund course fees
accordingly.
(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of subdivision (a) of this section, and where applicable, if a
student pays for a course or courses and fails to attend or successfully
complete such course or courses due to defects in business practices
unbeknownst to the student at the time of payment, all course fees received by
an approved school shall be refunded to the student.
