Section 50. How minimum training may be attained

A. The compulsory minimum training standards shall be attained by attending and satisfactorily completing an approved training school.

B. Officers attending an approved training school are required to be present for all classes and should not be placed on duty or on call except in cases of emergency. In the event of such an emergency, the agency administrator shall advise the school director within 24 hours. Officers will be responsible for any material missed during an excused absence.

C. All approved training schools which begin on or after January 1, 1989, shall be conducted in conformance with the Rules Relating to Compulsory Minimum Training Standards for Correctional Officers of the Department of Corrections, Division of Adult Institutions, as adopted by the board on October 7, 1987. However, the period January 1, 1988, through December 31, 1988, shall serve as a transition period wherein training schools may be approved by the department to conduct training in accordance with the Rules Relating to Compulsory Minimum Training Standards For Correctional Officers of the Department of Corrections, Division of Institutional Services, as amended by the board on February 12, 1982, or according to the Rules Relating to Compulsory Minimum Training Standards for Correctional Officers of the Department of Corrections, Division of Adult Institutions, as adopted by the board on October 7, 1987. Every correctional officer satisfactorily completing training approved by the department under the rules amended February 12, 1982, or under the rules adopted on October 7, 1987, shall be deemed to have complied with the compulsory minimum training standards for correctional officers.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR240-01-14 § 5, eff. January 1, 1988.

Statutory Authority

§ 9.1-102 of the Code of Virginia.