Tennessee § 40-28-604 - Probation and parole officers — Qualifications.
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§ 40-28-604. Probation and parole officers — Qualifications.
No person shall be eligible for the position of probation and parole officer who has not received a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or had at least four (4) years of qualifying full-time professional experience. Acts 2012, ch. 727, § 43. Compiler's Notes. For the preamble to the act concerning transfers of certain functions relating to probation and parole services and the community correction grant program from the board of probation and parole to the department of correction, please refer to Acts 2012, ch. 727. Acts 2012, ch. 727, § 63 provided that the implementation of the act, which enacted this part, shall be fully accomplished on or before January 1, 2013.
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