Current through September 24, 2024
(1) Pending
issuance or denial of a registration card, an individual may work as an unarmed
security guard/officer if he:
(a) Has filed
with the commissioner an application which is sufficient on its face in all
respects (except for proof of completion of required training). The
commissioner may consider the following documentation as proof that an
application has been filed:
1. Postmarked
certified United States Mail receipt addressed to the Tennessee Department of
Commerce and Insurance and evidencing certified return receipt postage
paid;
2. Receipt evidencing
shipment of the application to the Tennessee Department of Commerce and
Insurance via a commercial courier service;
3. United States Mail return receipt;
or
4. Such other evidence of filing
as the commissioner may deem acceptable;
(b) Has paid the prescribed application fee;
and
(c) Keeps on his person while
on duty, a copy of the completed application that is on file with the Tennessee
Department of Commerce and Insurance.
(d) Once an application for an unarmed
security guard/officer has been denied, then the applicant may not perform the
services of an unarmed security guard/officer by retaining a copy of a
completed and filed application on his person.
(e) Any applicant for an unarmed security
guard/officer registration card employed by a proprietary security organization
shall include a letter form the employer attesting to the employment of the
applicant.
(f) Once an application
for either an armed or unarmed security guard has been denied based on a
criminal record, the security guard must immediately cease and desist all
security guard activities and may not reapply for a security guard
registration, either armed or unarmed, for six (6) months from the date of the
registration denial.
(2)
No individual shall act as an armed security guard/officer before obtaining an
armed security guard/officer registration card, except any individual employed
as an armed security guard/officer on January 1, 1988 who:
(a) Files with the Commissioner on or before
March 31, 1988, an application for an armed security guard/officer registration
card which is sufficient on its face in all respects (except for proof of
completion of required training), and is accompanied by the proper
fee;
(b) Keeps on his person while
on duty a copy of the completed application; and
(c) Has not been notified by the Commissioner
that such application has been denied.
(3) Any holder of, or applicant for, an
unarmed security guard/officer registration card who wishes to act as an armed
security guard/officer must file a separate application (with the prescribed
application fee) for an armed security guard/officer registration
card.
Authority: T.C.A. §§
62-2-103(b),
62-35-129(b),
62-35-116,
62-35-119(b), and
Public Acts of 1987, Chapter No. 436, Section 38(b).
