12 NCAC 09G .0305         RECERTIFICATION FOLLOWING SEPARATION

(a)  Previously certified corrections officers, with a minimum of one year of service who have been separated from the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction for less than three years, may have their certification reinstated following a reverification of employment standards in 12 NCAC 09G .0208 (excluding 12 NCAC 09G .0208(b)(5)) and 12 NCAC 09G .0209 (excluding 12 NCAC 09G .0209(b)(5)) but are exempt from the job appropriate basic training course described in 12 NCAC 09G .0411 and .0412.

(b)  Previously certified corrections officers with less than one year of service who have completed the applicable basic training course, pursuant to 12 NCAC 09G .0411 and .0412, and who have been separated from the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction for less than five years, upon their return shall complete the verification of employment standards and shall complete the following:

(1)           the appropriate abbreviated course of instruction focused on current standards of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC), delivered by the NCDAC Office of Staff Development and Training, and:

(A)          previously certified corrections officers who have been separated for less than three years will not be required to complete the State Corrections Examination;

(B)          previously certified corrections officers who have been separated between three years and five years will be required to successfully pass the State Corrections Examination; and

(2)           the mandatory firearms classroom training and achieve a passing qualification score on the firearms range qualification with the agency duty weapon(s).

(c)  Applicants pursuant to Paragraph (b) of this Rule will be allowed to remediate one failure under each Subparagraph (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this Rule, but, upon a second failure, will be required to complete the entire commission approved basic training for correctional or probation/parole officers, pursuant to 12 NCAC 09G .0411 and .0412, before being eligible for certification.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 17C-2; 17C-6; 17C-10;

Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2001;

Eff. August 1, 2002;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 25, 2019;

Amended Eff. October 1,2025; May 1, 2023;

Readopted Eff. July 1, 2026.