Section 40. Time requirement for completion of training

A. Every jailor or custodial officer, courthouse and courtroom security officer and process service officer who is required to comply with the compulsory minimum training standards shall satisfactorily complete such training within 12 months of the date of appointment as a jailor or custodial officer, courtroom security officer or process service officer unless provided otherwise in accordance with subsection B of this section.

B. The director may grant an extension of the time limit for completion of the minimum training required upon presentation of evidence by the agency administrator that such officer was unable to complete the required training within the specified time limit due to illness, injury, military service, special duty assignment required and performed in the public interest or leave without pay or suspension pending investigation or adjudication of a crime. The agency administrator shall request such extension prior to expiration of any time limit.

C. Any jailor or custodial officer, courthouse and courtroom security officer or process service officer who originally complied with all applicable training requirements and later separated from jailor or custodial officer, courtroom security officer, process service officer status, in excess of 24 months, upon reentry as a jailor, courthouse and courtroom security officer/process server will be required to complete all compulsory minimum training standards unless provided otherwise in accordance with 6VAC20-50-30 D.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR240-01-4 § 4, eff. July 1, 1987; amended, Volume 06, Issue 16, eff. July 1, 1990; Volume 23, Issue 09, eff. July 1, 2007.

Statutory Authority

§ 9.1-102 of the Code of Virginia.