Section 1240.500 Definitions

Section 1240.500  Definitions

"Act" means Private

Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith

Act of 2004 [225 ILCS 447].

"Board"

means the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint

Vendor and Locksmith Board.

"Department"

means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

"Director" means the

Director of the Division of Professional Regulation with the authority

delegated by the Secretary.

"Division" means the

Department of Financial and Professional Regulation-Division of Professional

Regulation.

"ISP" means the Illinois

State Police.

"Qualified Instructor" –

An individual who can provide the training as outlined in the Act.  This shall

include:

A licensed private detective, private

alarm contractor, private security contractor or locksmith active and in good

standing;

A registered employee (holder of a

Permanent Employee Registration Card issued under Section 1240.520), retained

or employed by a licensed agency, who has a minimum of 5 years' experience in

the discipline being taught;

Registered employees of licensed

agencies with a least 3 years' full-time supervisory experience in the area in

which the individual will conduct training;

Full time or part-time faculty

employed by an institution under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Board of

Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board to teach firearms

training courses or security training courses.

A registered employee, retained or

employed by a licensed agency, who has a baccalaureate degree in education,

business, law enforcement or other related degree to provide training in the

discipline to be taught or has 3 years previous experience as a corporate trainer

or equivalent in another industry

is Community College Board to teach firearms

training courses or security training courses.

A registered employee, retained or

employed by a licensed agency, who has a baccalaureate degree in education,

business, law enforcement or other related degree to provide training in the

discipline to be taught or has 3 years previous experience as a corporate trainer

or equivalent in another industry.

An armed employee of a registered

armed propriety security force who has the same experience or education as a

registered employee under this Section, provided that instruction is limited to

basic training for armed employees of a registered armed proprietary security

force.

A person who holds a private

detective, private alarm, private security, or locksmith license or

registration in another state, has law enforcement training experience, has a

baccalaureate degree in education, business, law enforcement, or other related

degree, or has experience as a corporate trainer may serve as the instructor in

a commercially-produced recorded or online training course.

For private alarm contractors, a

qualified instructor may also include factory trained and certified personnel

on the types of systems or work being trained; National Institute of

Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) certified personnel; or a

Certified Protection Professional (CPP) as designated by the American Society

for Industrial Security.

For the 28-hour firearm training

course, a qualified instructor is a person registered as a firearm instructor

under Section 1240.515.

"Related to"

– The immediate family living in the same household.

"Restored" – A court has

declared an individual to be competent, as referenced in Section 35-30 of the

Act.

"Secretary" means the

Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

he 28-hour firearm training

course, a qualified instructor is a person registered as a firearm instructor

under Section 1240.515.

"Related to"

– The immediate family living in the same household.

"Restored" – A court has

declared an individual to be competent, as referenced in Section 35-30 of the

Act.

"Secretary" means the

Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

"Traffic Offense" – As used

in Section 35-30(a)(3) of the Act, means a minor offense concerning the

operation and use of a motor vehicle or is related to motor vehicles and that does

not rise to the level of a felony or misdemeanor.

"Usher" means a person

who escorts or directs people to their seats, as in a theater, church or

stadium, or acts as a doorkeeper or ticket taker but does not perform any of

the functions of a private security contractor as defined in Section 5-10 of

the Act.