32-2624. Issuance of registration certificates and identification cards

A. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, after investigation, the department shall issue a security guard registration certificate, armed security guard registration certificate, security guard training instructor registration certificate or firearms safety training instructor registration certificate under this chapter to any applicant who satisfactorily complies with this chapter. Each security guard, security guard training instructor or firearms safety training instructor registration certificate shall contain the name and address of the registrant and the number of the certificate and, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, shall be issued for two years.  Before the required background screenings for an applicant are complete, the department may issue a forty-five-day security guard registration certificate or a forty-five-day armed security guard registration certificate to an applicant who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States military and who has been discharged not more than three years before application.  The applicant who receives a forty-five-day security guard registration certificate pursuant to this section may work only for an agency licensee that provides the applicant preassignment training as prescribed in section 32-2632.

B. When a security guard, security guard training instructor or firearms safety training instructor registration certificate is issued, an identification card as described in section 32-2633 shall be issued to the registrant.  The identification card is evidence that the person is a duly registered security guard, security guard training instructor or firearms safety training instructor. An employee must obtain an armed security guard registration certificate and identification card for each sponsoring agency licensee.

C. A security guard employee may not possess or carry a firearm while on official duty unless the employee is currently registered as an armed security guard and is authorized by the person's employer to possess or carry the firearm.

D. A security guard, security guard training instructor or firearms safety training instructor shall notify the director within fifteen calendar days after any change in the name or residential address of the security guard, security guard training instructor or firearms safety training instructor.

E. The department shall not issue a security guard, security guard training instructor or firearms safety training instructor provisional certificate.