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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 11.12.06.04" title_num="11" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="06" heading="Employee Qualifications.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Character.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A person designated as an enforcement agent shall successfully pass a preemployment background investigation and may not have been convicted of a felony.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A person designated as an enforcement agent who fails to maintain a good character shall be immediately relieved of the authority to issue citations under Transportation Article, § 12-104.1, Annotated Code of Maryland, and may not be reinstated as an enforcement agent without the express authority of the Administrator.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Training. A person designated as an enforcement agent shall be trained:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In all provisions of the Transportation Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, with particular emphasis on Titles 11, 13, 17, and 26;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In the preparation of citations, by an instructor who has been certified by the Maryland Police Training Commission; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>In courtroom procedures.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Experience and Education. A person to be designated as an enforcement agent shall have a minimum of 3 years experience in an investigative or law enforcement capacity, or shall have satisfactorily completed a minimum of 3 years at an accredited college or university.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>