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

## Subtitle 10 — Correctional Training Commission

### Chapter 06 — Instructor Training and Certification

#### Regulation .02 Instructor Certification Classifications.

*COMAR 12.10.06.02*

A. The Commission provides instructor certification in accordance with this chapter for the following instructor classifications:

  (1) Academic Provisional Instructor;

  (2) Academic Instructor;

  (3) Defensive Tactics Provisional Instructor;

  (4) Defensive Tactics Instructor;

  (5) Electronic Control Device Instructor;

  (6) Firearms Provisional Instructor;

  (7) Line Instructor; and

  (8) Firearms Instructor.

B. Certification Required.

  (1) Unless exempt under Regulation .04 of this chapter, an individual who provides instruction for a Commission-approved training course that is credited toward the Commission’s requirements for mandated employee certification under COMAR 12.10 shall be:

    (a) Certified by the Commission or the Police Training Commission as an instructor for the type of instruction the individual is providing; and

    (b) In compliance with applicable Commission regulations.

  (2) An individual’s instructor certification for a specific instructor classification limits the individual to providing the type of instruction prescribed for the instructor classification established under Regulation .15 of this chapter.