A. The department shall charge and collect reasonable fees as determined by the director to cover the operational and equipment costs of regulating the security guard industry.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-2607

  • Agency license: means a certificate that is authenticated by the department and that attests that a qualifying party is authorized to conduct the business of private security guard service in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-2601
  • Applicant: means a person who has submitted a completed application and all required application and fingerprint processing fees. See Arizona Laws 32-2601
  • Armed security guard: means a registered security guard who wears, carries, possesses or has access to a firearm at any time during the course of employment. See Arizona Laws 32-2601
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of public safety. See Arizona Laws 32-2601
  • Director: means the director of the department of public safety. See Arizona Laws 32-2601
  • Firearms safety training instructor: means a person who provides classroom and range instruction to applicants for armed security guard certification. See Arizona Laws 32-2601
  • Licensee: means a person to whom an agency license is granted pursuant to article 2 of this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-2601
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Registrant: means an employee of a licensed agency who is qualified to perform the services of a security guard. See Arizona Laws 32-2601
  • Registration certificate: means a certificate that is authenticated by the department and that attests that an employee of a business holding an agency license has satisfactorily complied with article 3 of this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-2601
  • Security guard: means any person employed by a private security guard service or proprietary company as a watchman, patrolman, bodyguard, personal protection guard or private security guard or any other person who performs security guard services, but does not include any regularly commissioned police or peace officer or railroad police appointed pursuant to section 40-856. See Arizona Laws 32-2601
  • Security guard training instructor: means a person who provides instruction to applicants for unarmed security guard certification. See Arizona Laws 32-2601

B. An agency license granted under this chapter may be renewed after the department receives an application on such a form as the department prescribes, the fees prescribed pursuant to subsection A of this section and proof of required liability insurance and workers’ compensation and the agency identifies the certified security guard training instructors and firearms safety training instructors that the applicant uses. Except as provided in section 32-4301, in no event shall renewal be granted more than ninety days after the expiration date of a license. No person, firm, company, partnership or corporation may carry on any business subject to this article during any period that may exist between the date of expiration of a license and the renewal of the license.

C. A security guard, armed security guard, security guard training instructor or firearms safety training instructor registration certificate granted under this article may be issued after application on such a form as the department prescribes, the payment of fees prescribed pursuant to subsection A of this section and proof of the completion of training as required by this chapter.

D. A security guard, armed security guard, security guard training instructor or firearms safety training instructor registration certificate granted under this article may be renewed after application on such a form as the department prescribes and the payment of renewal fees.

E. Except as provided in section 32-4301, the department shall not renew an agency license or registration certificate more than ninety calendar days after expiration. A licensee or registrant shall not engage in any activity regulated by this chapter during any period between the date of expiration of the license or registration and the renewal of the license or registration.

F. The department may renew a suspended license or registration as provided in this chapter. While suspended, the renewal of the license or registration does not entitle the licensee, security guard, armed security guard, security guard training instructor or firearms safety training instructor to engage in any activity regulated by this chapter or in any other activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment that suspended the license or registration certificate.

G. The department shall not renew a revoked license or registration certificate. The department shall not accept an application for a license or registration from a person whose license or registration has been revoked until at least one year after the date of revocation.

 

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