12 NCAC 10B .1304          EVALUATION FOR TRAINING WAIVER

(a)  Applicants for certification with prior telecommunicating experience shall have been employed and certified in a telecommunicator position in order to be considered for training evaluation under this Rule.

(b)  Persons who separated from a telecommunicator position during their probationary period after having completed a commission‑accredited Telecommunicator Certification Course and who have been separated from a telecommunicator position for one year or less shall serve the remainder of the initial probationary period, but need not complete an additional training program.

(c)  Persons who separated from a telecommunicator position during their probationary period without having completed a commission-accredited Telecommunicator Certification Course, or whose certification was suspended pursuant to 12 NCAC 10B .0204(b)(1), and who have remained separated or suspended for over one year shall complete a commission‑accredited Telecommunicator Certification Course in its entirety and pass the State Comprehensive Examination, and shall be allowed a 12 month probationary period as prescribed in 12 NCAC 10B .1303(a).

(d)  Persons previously holding Grandfather telecommunicator certification in accordance with G.S. 17E‑7(c1) who have been separated from a telecommunicator position for more than one year shall be required to complete a commission‑accredited Telecommunicator Certification Course in its entirety and pass the State Comprehensive Examination within the 12 month probationary period as prescribed in 12 NCAC 10B .1303(a).

History Note:        Authority G.S. 17E‑4; 17E‑7;

Temporary Adoption Eff. March 1, 1998;

Eff. August 1, 1998;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 6, 2018.