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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".15" citation="COMAR 12.10.01.15" title_num="12" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="01" heading="Voluntary Attendance — Commission-Approved Mandated Employee Entrance-Level Training.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An individual may voluntarily attend Commission-approved mandated employee entrance-level training if the individual meets the requirements under this regulation, and is not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Employed in a mandated position;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Currently employed by a correctional unit and required to comply with requirements for a mandated position; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An applicant for a mandated position.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Standards for Voluntary Attendance — Commission-approved Mandated Employee Entrance-Level Training.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An individual who is not an applicant for or employed in a mandated position requesting to voluntarily attend Commission-approved mandated employee entrance-level training shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Meet selection standards established for the academy conducting the Commission-approved mandated employee entrance-level training;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Authorize the training director to conduct a records check of the National Criminal Information Center;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Submit to a medical examination conducted by a licensed health care professional and receive written certification from the licensed health care profession that the individual is physically able to participate in the Commission-approved mandated employee entrance-level training;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Be 18 years old or older at the time the individual enters the academy;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Receive from the training director a copy of the selection standards for the mandated position under Regulation .04 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Acknowledge an understanding, in writing, that successful completion of the Commission-approved mandated employee entrance-level training does not guarantee Commission certification in a mandated position.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An agency head hiring an individual for a mandated position may request a waiver, according to Regulation .19 of this chapter, of the Commission-approved mandated employee entrance-level training requirement, if the individual, before applying for the mandated position, voluntarily attended and successfully completed Commission-approved mandated employee entrance-level training for the mandated position within 2 years of being hired by the agency head.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>