North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 14B - Public Safety
Chapter 16 - Private Protective Services Board
Section .1600 - DIGITAL FORENSICS EXAMINER
Section 16 .1601 - EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR A DIGITAL FORENSICS EXAMINER LICENSE
Universal Citation: 14B NC Admin Code 16 .1601
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) In addition to the requirements of Section .0200 of this Chapter, applicants for a Digital Forensic Examiner (D.F.E.) license shall:
(1)
establish three years of verifiable experience within the past five years
conducting digital forensic examinations as defined by
G.S.
74C-3(a)(5a) individually,
or with any private company or federal, state, county or municipal
agency;
(2) hold a North Carolina
private investigator license, or private investigator license from a state
reciprocal with North Carolina, and have completed a course of instruction
consisting of not less than 40 hours of live classroom and practical
instruction in digital forensics, and obtained certification from a certifying
entity approved by the Board within the previous two years;
(3) establish that the applicant has been
qualified as an expert witness in an area of digital forensics in a court of
law using the standard set forth by the United States Supreme Court in Daubert
v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
509 U.S.
579 (1993), and its progeny cases, within the
previous three years; or
(4)
establish a military occupational specialty and two years of verifiable
experience conducting digital forensics examinations within the past five years
in the U.S. Armed Forces.
(b) In addition to the requirements of Section .0200 of this Chapter, an applicant for a D.F.E. license that is the spouse of an active duty member of the U.S. Armed Forces shall establish to the Board's satisfaction:
(1) the spouse holds a
current license, certification, or registration from another jurisdiction and
the other jurisdiction's requirements are substantially equivalent to or exceed
the Board's requirements; and
(2)
the spouse has two years of verifiable experience conducting digital forensics
examinations within the past five years.
(c) Using the formula in Rule .0204(d) of this Chapter, the Board shall give credit toward the experience requirements set forth in Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule as follows:
(1) An applicant shall receive 400 hours of
experience credit for an associate's degree. The Board shall grant up to 100
additional hours if the applicant can demonstrate that further training or
course-work related to digital forensics examination was received while
obtaining the associate's degree.
(2) An applicant shall receive 800 hours of
experience credit for a bachelor's degree. The Board shall grant up to 200
additional hours if the applicant can demonstrate that further training or
course-work related to digital forensics examination was received while
obtaining the bachelor's degree.
(3) An applicant shall receive 1,200 hours of
experience credit for a graduate degree. The Board shall grant an additional
300 additional hours if the applicant can demonstrate that further training or
course-work related to digital forensics examination was received while
obtaining the graduate degree.
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