§ 17-40-318 - Training requirements for alarm system business. - Arkansas Statutes

17-40-318. Training requirements for alarm system business.

(a) The licensee or his or her manager of a Class E Level 1 and Class F license shall show proof of National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association Level 2 certification or board-approved equivalent. The licensee or his or her manager for a Class E Level 1 shall have two (2) years from July 30, 1999, to obtain the aforementioned certification. An applicant for a Class E Level 1 and Class F license or his or her manager applicant shall show proof of National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association Level 2 certification or board-approved equivalent before the license may be issued.

(b) The licensee or his or her manager of a Class E Level 2 license shall show proof of National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association Level 2, National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies Level II certification or board-approved equivalent. The licensee or his or her manager shall have two (2) years from July 30, 1999, to obtain the aforementioned certification. An applicant for a Class E Level 2 license or his or her manager applicant shall show proof of National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association Level 2 certification, National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies Level II certification or board-approved equivalent before the license may be issued.

(c) The licensee or his or her manager of a Class E Level 3 license shall show proof of National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies Level III, National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association Level 2 and Practical Fire Alarm Course, or board-approved equivalent. The licensee or his or her manager shall have two (2) years from July 30, 1999, to obtain the aforementioned certification. An applicant for a Class E Level 3 license or his or her manager applicant shall show proof of National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association Level 2 and Practical Fire Alarm Course, National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies Level III, or board-approved equivalent before the license may be issued.

(d) All persons applying for a license as an alarm system company or his or her manager applicant shall successfully complete the examination as manager under the provisions of this chapter and the Arkansas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies' rules and regulations.

(e) All applicants for licensure shall meet other reasonable qualifications as may be adopted by the board.

(f) The licensee or the licensee's manager of a Class E-S or Class F-S license shall demonstrate that he or she is knowledgeable in fire protection and the proper use and placement of single-station fire and heat detectors by satisfactorily completing an examination to be approved by the board on the single-station portion of the Household Fire Warning Protection provision of the National Fire Protection Association, 72 Code Book, as it exists on January 1, 2001, and the Arkansas Fire Code as it pertains to single-station fire detection devices.