§ 3174. Security guard licenses

(a) A person shall not engage in the business of a security guard or provide guard services in this State without first obtaining a license. The Board shall issue a license after obtaining and approving all of the following:

(1) an application filed in proper form;

(2) the application fee;

(3) evidence that the applicant has attained the age of majority;

(4) evidence that the applicant has successfully passed any examination required by rule.

(b) The Board may make inquiries it deems necessary into the character, integrity, and reputation of the applicant.

(c) The Board shall require that a person licensed to practice independently has had experience satisfactory to the Board in security work for a period of not less than two years. Such experience may include having been licensed as a security guard in another state or regularly employed as a security guard for a security agency licensed in this or another state or having been a sworn member of a federal, state, or municipal law enforcement agency.

(d) An application for a license may be denied upon failure of the applicant to provide information required; upon a finding that the applicant does not meet a high standard as to character, integrity, and reputation; or for unprofessional conduct defined in section 3181 of this chapter. (Added 1981, No. 98, § 1; amended 1985, No. 86 § 1; amended 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 68, 69; 1991, No. 69, § 1, eff. June 21, 1991; 1995, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 1999, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; 2009, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 29; 2017, No. 48, § 21; 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 24.)