(a) A private investigator license holder seeking biennial renewal shall, as a prerequisite for renewal, complete twelve (12) hours of continuing professional education acceptable to the commissioner during the two-year period prior to renewal.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-26-225

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
  • Private investigator: means any person who performs one (1) or more services described in subdivision (6). See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The commissioner shall make every effort to ensure that at least one (1) seminar per year will be held in each grand division of the state and that each seminar provides an opportunity to fulfill the continuing professional education requirements of this section. The commissioner is encouraged to require that at least one (1) hour per year of continuing professional education be devoted to ethics.
(c) The commissioner shall promulgate rules that are necessary to carry out this section.