California Business and Professions Code

§ 7574.18

BPC § 7574.18 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 3 · Ch. 11.4 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)Except for a person who has completed the course of training required by Section 7583.45, a person registered and hired as a proprietary private security officer shall complete training in security officer skills within six months from the date upon which registration is issued, or within six months of their employment with a proprietary private security employer.

(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a course provider shall issue a certificate to a proprietary private security officer upon satisfactory completion of a required course, conducted in accordance with the department’s requirements.

(2)If a proprietary private security employer administers a course of training pursuant to this section, that proprietary private security employer shall issue a certificate to a proprietary private security officer for the completion of training in security officer skills that each proprietary private security officer is required to complete, as determined by the department, including, but not limited to, training in the exercise of the power to arrest and the appropriate use of force. However, the employer shall not be required to provide a certificate for training courses provided pursuant to a curriculum adopted by the department that are specific to that employer’s business and where the subject of training is not specifically required by the department.

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Legislative history

Amended (as added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 697, Sec. 4) by Stats. 2022, Ch. 287, Sec. 3. (AB 2515) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative July 1, 2023, by its own provisions.