North Carolina § 74D-8 - Registration of persons employed.

§ 74D-8. Registration of persons employed.

A licensee of an alarm systems business shall register with the Board within 30 days after the employment begins, all of the following employees that are within the State, unless in the discretion of the Director, the time period is extended for good cause: (a) (1) A licensee of an alarm systems business shall register with the Board within 30 days after the employment begins, all of the following employees that are within the State, unless in the discretion of the Director, the time period is extended for good cause: Any employee that has access to confidential information detailing the design, installation, or application of any location specific electronic security system or that has access to any code, number, or program that would allow the system to be modified, altered, or circumvented. Any employee who installs or services an electronic security system in a commercial business establishment or a personal residence. To register an employee, a licensee shall submit to the Board as to the employee: set(s) of classifiable fingerprints on standard F.B.I. applicant cards; recent color photograph(s) of acceptable quality for identification; and statements of any criminal records as deemed appropriate by the Board. Except during the period allowed for registration in subdivision (a)(1) of this section, no alarm systems business may employ any employee unless the employee's registration has been approved by the Board as set forth in this section. The Director shall be notified in writing of the termination of any employee registered under this Chapter within 20 days after the termination. The Board shall issue a registration card to each employee of a licensee who is registered under this Chapter. The registration card shall expire two years after its date of issuance and shall be renewed before the expiration of the term of the registration. If a registered person changes employment to another licensee, the registration card may remain valid; however, persons changing employment must pay the fee authorized by G.S. 74D-7(e)(5). If all required documents, properly completed, have been submitted to the Board no later than 20 days after an employee begins employment, the employer of each applicant for registration shall give the applicant a copy of the complete application which the employee can use until a registration card issued by the Board is received. Employees engaged only in sales or marketing that does not involve any of the above are not required to be registered. History (1983, c. 786, s. 1; 1985, c. 561, s. 6; 1989, c. 730, s. 5; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 953, s. 7; 2001-487, s. 65(c); 2009-557, s. 5; 2017-211, s. 5(b); 2018-114, s. 6.) Editor's Note. - Sessions Laws 2018-114, s. 29 is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2017-211, s. 5(b), effective October 5, 2017, in subdivision (a)(1), substituted "A licensee" for "All licensees" at the beginning, and substituted "following" for "licensee's"; added subdivisions (a)(1)(a) and (a)(1)(b) and the ending undesignated paragraph; and made redesignation changes in subsection (a). Session Laws 2018-114, s. 6, effective June 27, 2018, inserted "a commercial business establishment or" preceding "a personal residence" in subdivision (a)(1)b.