§ 74C-11. Probationary employees and registration of regular employees; unarmed security guard required to have registration card. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 74C‑11.  Probationaryemployees and registration of regular employees; unarmed security guardrequired to have registration card.

(a)        All licensees mayemploy unarmed security guards as probationary employees for 20 consecutivecalendar days. Upon completion of the probationary period and the desire of thelicensee to hire an unarmed security guard as a regular employee, the licenseeshall register the employee who will be engaged in providing private protectiveservices covered by this Chapter with the Board within 30 days after theprobationary employment period ends, unless the Director, in the Director'sdiscretion, extends the time period, for good cause. Before a probationaryemployee engages in private protective services, the employee shall completeany training requirements, and the licensee shall conduct a criminal recordcheck on the employee, as the Board deems appropriate. The licensee shallsubmit a list of the probationary employees to the Director on a monthly basis.The list shall include the name, address, social security number, and dates ofemployment of the employees.

To register an employee afterthe probationary period ends, a licensee must give the Board the following:

(1)        Set(s) ofclassifiable fingerprints on standard F.B.I. applicant cards; recentphotograph(s) of acceptable quality for identification; and

(2)        Statements of anycriminal records obtained from the appropriate authority in each area where theemployee has resided within the immediately preceding 48 months.

(b)        A security guardand patrol company may not employ an unarmed security guard in a regularposition unless the guard has a registration card issued under subsection (d)of this section. A person engaged in a private protective services professionmay not employ an armed security guard unless the guard has a firearmregistration permit issued under G.S. 74C‑13.

(c)        The Director shallbe notified in writing of the termination of any regular employee registeredunder subsection (a) of this section within 10 days after the termination.

(d)        An unarmed securityguard shall make application to the Director for an unarmed registration cardwhich the Director shall issue to the applicant after receipt of theinformation required to be submitted by the applicant's employer pursuant tosubsection (a) of this section, and after meeting any additional requirementswhich the Board, in its discretion, deems to be necessary. The unarmed securityguard registration card shall be in the form of a pocket card designed by theBoard, shall be issued in the name of the applicant, and may have theapplicant's photograph affixed to the card. The unarmed security guardregistration card shall expire one year after its date of issuance and shall berenewed every year. The Board may require all registration holders to completecontinuing education courses approved by the Board before renewal of theirregistrations. If an unarmed registered security guard is terminated by alicensee and changes employment to another security guard and patrol company,the security guard's registration card shall remain valid, provided thesecurity guard pays the unarmed guard registration transfer fee to the Boardand a new unarmed security guard registration card is issued. An unarmedsecurity guard whose transfer registration application and transfer fee havebeen sent to the Board may work with a copy of the transfer application untilthe registration card is issued.

(e)        Notwithstanding theprovisions of this section, a licensee may employ a person properly registeredor licensed as an unarmed security guard in another state for a period not toexceed 10 days in any given month; provided the licensee, prior to employingthe unarmed security guard, submits to the Director the name, address, andsocial security number of the unarmed guard and the name of the state ofcurrent registration or licensing, and the Director approves the employment ofthe unarmed guard in this State.

(f)         Repealed bySession Laws 2005‑211, s. 1, effective July 20, 2005.  (1979, c. 818, s. 2; 1983,c. 67, s. 2; 1985, c. 597, ss. 8, 9; 1987, c. 657, ss. 4, 5; 1989, c. 759, s.9; 2001‑487, s. 64(f); 2005‑211, s. 1; 2007‑511, s. 6; 2009‑328,s. 7.)