Section SPS 34.02 - Certificates of proficiency to carry a firearm(1) Before an agency may receive a permit from the department pursuant to s. SPS 34.015, the owner or employee who will be assigned to carry a firearm while on duty shall obtain a certificate of proficiency in the care, handling and use of a firearm. Note For a copy of Form #467, Firearms Certification of Proficiency-Initial Certification, contact the Department of Safety and Professional Services, Division of Professional Credential Processing, 1400 East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708-8935 or download the form from the department's webpage: http://dsps.wi.gov.
(2)(a) Certification shall be received from a person who is approved as a firearms proficiency certifier by the department under s. SPS 34.04.(b) The certificate shall be notarized and shall include at least: 1. A full and complete description of each type of firearm, the care, handling and use of which the owner or employee is proficient.2. Statements to the effect that the owner or employee has successfully completed the training required in s. SPS 34.03. These statements shall include the date, time of day, the number of hours and the location where the owner or employee completed the training.(3) A certificate of proficiency shall be valid for one year. An owner or employee shall renew a certificate of proficiency by satisfying the requirements in subs. (1) and (2), except that the training course shall consist of a 6-hour refresher course which more briefly covers the required course contents described in s. SPS 34.03(1). A person approved as a firearms proficiency certifier under s. SPS 34.04 may satisfy the 6-hour training requirement by conducting the 6-hour refresher course or the 36-hour course under s. SPS 34.03(1).(4) An owner or employee who has not obtained a certificate of proficiency under this section at any time during the 5 years preceding the issuance of a permit by the department pursuant to s. SPS 34.015 shall obtain a new certificate by successfully completing the full 36-hour course, as required in s. SPS 34.03.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 34.02
Cr. Register, October, 1988, No. 394, eff. 11-1-88; r. and recr. Register, December, 1994, No. 468, eff. 1-1-95; am. (3), Register, November, 1997, No. 503, eff. 12-1-97; correction in (1), (2) (intro.), (b), (3), (4) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register November 2011 No. 671; CR 14-014: (2) (a), (b) renum. from (2) (intro.), am. (3) Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14.Amended by,Wisconsin Register December 2014 No. 708, eff.1/1/2015.