Bill Text: CA SB1226 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Veterans: professional licensing.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 657, Statutes of 2014. [SB1226 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB1226-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1226 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 657
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 29, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 27, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 19, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 11, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 30, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 13, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 7, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senator Correa
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chávez and Patterson)
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
An act to amend Section 7574.18 of, and to add Section 115.4 to,
the Business and Professions Code, relating to veterans.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1226, Correa. Veterans: professional licensing.
Under existing law, boards within the Department of Consumer
Affairs license and regulate persons practicing various healing arts,
professions, vocations, and businesses, including accountants,
dentists, proprietary security services, and real estate brokers.
Existing law requires a board to expedite the licensure process for
an applicant who holds a current license in another state, district,
or territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for
which he or she seeks a license from the board, if the applicant is
married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with,
an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is
assigned to a duty station in California under official active duty
military orders.
This bill, on and after July 1, 2016, would require a board to
expedite, or when applicable assist, the initial licensure process
for an applicant who supplies satisfactory evidence to the board that
he or she has served as an active duty member of the Armed Forces of
the United States and was honorably discharged.
Existing law requires a person registered and hired as a
proprietary private security officer to complete training in security
officer skills within 6 months of registration being issued or being
employed, except as specified.
This bill would authorize submission of Verification of Military
Experience and Training (VMET) records showing the person has
completed equivalent military training in lieu of completing a course
of training in security officer skills. The bill would require the
department to determine the type of equivalent military training that
qualifies to serve as a substitute.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 115.4 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
115.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, on and after July 1,
2016, a board within the department shall expedite, and may assist,
the initial licensure process for an applicant who supplies
satisfactory evidence to the board that the applicant has served as
an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States and
was honorably discharged.
(b) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this
section.
SEC. 2. Section 7574.18 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
7574.18. (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 his or her 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, power-to-arrest training. 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.
(c) An employer of a proprietary private security officer may
provide training programs and courses in addition to the training
required in this section.
(d) The department shall develop and establish by regulation a
standard course and curriculum, which shall include a minimum number
of hours of instruction, for the skills training required by
subdivision (a) to promote and protect the safety of persons and the
security of property. For this purpose, the regulations adopted by
the department pursuant to Section 7574.5, as added by Chapter 721 of
the Statutes of 2007, are continued in existence, and shall be
amended by the department as necessary.
(e) The course of training required by subdivision (a) may be
administered, tested, and certified by any proprietary private
security employer, organization, or school approved by the
department. The department may approve any proprietary private
security employer, organization, or school to teach the course.
(f) (1) A proprietary private security employer shall annually
provide each employee registered pursuant to this chapter with
specifically dedicated review or practice of security officer skills
prescribed in the training required in this section. The bureau shall
adopt and approve by regulation the minimum number of hours required
for annual review.
(2) A proprietary private security employer shall maintain at the
principal place of business or branch office a record verifying
completion of the review or practice training for a period of not
less than two years. The records shall be available for inspection by
the department upon request.
(g) This section does not apply to a peace officer, as defined in
Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the
Penal Code, who has successfully completed a course of study in the
exercise of the power to arrest approved by the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training. This section does not apply to
armored vehicle guards.
(h) A person registered and hired as a proprietary private
security officer may submit Verification of Military Experience and
Training (VMET) records that document that the person has completed
equivalent military training in lieu of completing a course of
training in security officer skills pursuant to subdivision (a). The
department shall determine the type of equivalent military training
that qualifies to serve as a substitute.
