# COMAR Title 12 — Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

## Subtitle 10 — Correctional Training Commission

### Chapter 04 — Firearms Training

#### Regulation .04 Entrance-Level Firearms Classroom Instruction, Training, and Qualification — Handgun.

*COMAR 12.10.04.04*

A. A firearms qualified employee shall successfully complete the minimum requirements for entrance-level handgun classroom instruction, training, and qualification established under this regulation before using or carrying a handgun.

B. Minimum entrance-level classroom instruction, training, and qualification for a handgun include:

  (1) 35 hours of classroom instruction, training, and qualification;

  (2) Classroom instruction topics marked with an “X” under Entrance-Level Handgun Training in the table under Regulation .10B of this chapter;

  (3) The following activities conducted over a minimum of three separate calendar days:

    (a) Firearms training exercises; and

    (b) A course of fire for qualification scoring that includes:

      (i) Three successive day-fire courses of fire; and

      (ii) One reduced light course of fire;

  (4) Use of ammunition authorized by the individual's employer, or the ballistic equivalent when firing for qualification;

  (5) Discharging a minimum of 1,000 rounds of ammunition for firearms training and qualification collectively; and

  (6) The course of fire requirements outlined in the table under Regulation .05 of this chapter.