237.122 Program for certification of firearms instructors for concealed deadly
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weapon program -- Qualification and certification requirements -- In-service
training -- Fees.
(1)The Department of Criminal Justice Training shall operate and maintain a program
for certification of firearms instructors for the concealed deadly weapon training
program. Only the General Assembly may eliminate the certified firearms instructor
program.
(2)Training courses for certification of firearms instructors shall be conducted by
firearms instructor trainers and the department.
(3)An applicant to be a firearms instructor shall hold a concealed deadly weapon
license issued pursuant to KRS 237.110, and successfully complete a firearms
instructor training course of not more than sixteen
(16)hours provided by a certified
firearms instructor trainer.
(4)Certification as a firearms instructor shall be valid for a period of three
(3)years
during which an instructor shall:
(a)Conduct or assist in at least one
(1)applicant training course;
(b)Attend an instructor trainer/instructor in-service training course of not more
than four
(4)hours conducted by the department; and
(c)Not have become ineligible to be a firearms instructor.
(5)The department shall conduct in-service training for firearms instructor trainers and
certified firearms instructors as specified in KRS 237.120.
(6)At the end of the certification period, the department shall issue a new firearms
instructor certification to any person who has completed the provisions of this
section, unless the firearms instructor notifies the department in writing that he or
she desires not to be recertified or is otherwise ineligible to be recertified. There
shall be no charge for recertification. A firearms instructor who has permitted his or
her certification to expire may take the in-service course and be recertified for a
period of one hundred eighty
(180)days from the date of expiration of the
certification without having to repeat the requirements of subsection
(3)of this
section.
(7)An instructor trainer shall charge a fee not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars
($150) for a training course for a certified firearms instructor. The instructor shall
remit fifty dollars ($50) to the department to defray the cost of materials which the
department shall provide to the instructor.
(8)No firearms instructor trainer or certified firearms instructor shall charge a fee in
excess of seventy-five dollars ($75) for the conduct of an applicant training course.
An instructor trainer or certified firearms instructor may charge a student the actual
cost of range use, targets and associated range materials, and classroom rental not to
exceed ten dollars ($10) for all of the items specified in this subsection. The
instructor trainer or certified firearms instructor shall remit twenty-five dollars ($25)
per student to the department to cover the provision of training materials distributed
and providing evidence of successful completion of the course.
(9)No portion of a fee collected pursuant to this section shall be refunded to a student who fails or does not complete the required course of instruction.