(a) No employee of a licensee performing the function of an alarm agent who responds to alarm systems shall be issued a firearms qualification card until proper certification by the instructor that the course of training in the exercise of the power to arrest and the appropriate use of force has been taught, and the employee’s certification that the instruction was received, has been delivered to the department.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2023.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 7598.3

  • Alarm agent: means a person employed by an alarm company operator whose duties, being physically conducted within the state, include selling on premises, altering, installing, maintaining, moving, repairing, replacing, servicing, responding, or monitoring an alarm system, and those ancillary devices connected to and controlled by the alarm system, including supplementary smoke detectors, or a person who manages or supervises a person employed by an alarm company to perform any of the duties described in this subdivision or any person in training for any of the duties described in this subdivision. See California Business and Professions Code 7590.1
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Department: means the Department of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 7590.1
  • Employee: means an individual who works for an employer, is listed on the employer's payroll records, and is under the employer's direction and control. See California Business and Professions Code 7590.1
  • Licensee: means a business entity, whether an individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation licensed under this chapter. See California Business and Professions Code 7590.1

(Amended (as added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 697, Sec. 32) by Stats. 2022, Ch. 287, Sec. 53. (AB 2515) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative July 1, 2023, by its own provisions.)

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