No person required to be registered as a proprietary private security officer pursuant to this chapter shall do any of the following:

(a) Fail to carry on their person, while on duty, a valid and current proprietary private security officer registration card, or, if pending receipt of the registration card after the bureau’s approval, a hard copy printout of the approved proprietary private security officer registration information from the bureau’s internet website and a valid picture identification pursuant to Section 7583.17.

(b) Carry a firearm or other deadly weapon, including any electronic control device, stun gun, baton, or any chemical agent, including pepper spray.

(c) Fail to report to their employer any physical altercation with a member of the public while on duty and while acting within the course and scope of their employment.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 287, Sec. 11. (AB 2515) Effective January 1, 2023.)