Section 0780-05-02-.08 - APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION CARDS(1) Pending issuance or denial of a registration card, an individual may work as an unarmed security guard/officer if he:(a) Has filed with the commissioner an application which is sufficient on its face in all respects (except for proof of completion of required training). The commissioner may consider the following documentation as proof that an application has been filed:1. Postmarked certified United States Mail receipt addressed to the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance and evidencing certified return receipt postage paid;2. Receipt evidencing shipment of the application to the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance via a commercial courier service;3. United States Mail return receipt; or4. Such other evidence of filing as the commissioner may deem acceptable;(b) Has paid the prescribed application fee; and(c) Keeps on his person while on duty, a copy of the completed application that is on file with the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance.(d) Once an application for an unarmed security guard/officer has been denied, then the applicant may not perform the services of an unarmed security guard/officer by retaining a copy of a completed and filed application on his person.(e) Any applicant for an unarmed security guard/officer registration card employed by a proprietary security organization shall include a letter form the employer attesting to the employment of the applicant.(f) Once an application for either an armed or unarmed security guard has been denied based on a criminal record, the security guard must immediately cease and desist all security guard activities and may not reapply for a security guard registration, either armed or unarmed, for six (6) months from the date of the registration denial.(2) No individual shall act as an armed security guard/officer before obtaining an armed security guard/officer registration card, except any individual employed as an armed security guard/officer on January 1, 1988 who: (a) Files with the Commissioner on or before March 31, 1988, an application for an armed security guard/officer registration card which is sufficient on its face in all respects (except for proof of completion of required training), and is accompanied by the proper fee;(b) Keeps on his person while on duty a copy of the completed application; and(c) Has not been notified by the Commissioner that such application has been denied.(3) Any holder of, or applicant for, an unarmed security guard/officer registration card who wishes to act as an armed security guard/officer must file a separate application (with the prescribed application fee) for an armed security guard/officer registration card.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-05-02-.08
Original rule filed November 17, 1987; effective January 1, 1988. Amendment filed October 21, 1988; effective December 5, 1988. Amendment filed July 19, 1990; effective September 2, 1990. Amendment filed December 14, 1990; effective January 28, 1991. Amendment filed February 28, 2001; effective May 14, 2001.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 62-2-103(b), 62-35-129(b), 62-35-116, 62-35-119(b), and Public Acts of 1987, Chapter No. 436, Section 38(b).