Vermont § 3174 - Security guard licenses

§ 3174. Security guard licenses

• (a) The Director shall issue a license to a security guard after obtaining and approving
  all of the following: (1) evidence that the applicant has attained the age of majority; (2) evidence that the applicant has successfully passed any examination required by rule;
  and (3) the application fee. (b) The Director may make inquiries he or she deems necessary into the character, integrity,
  and reputation of the applicant. (c) The Director shall require that a person seeking licensure to practice independently
  as a security guard has had experience satisfactory to the Director in security work
  for a period of not less than two years. Such experience may include having been licensed
  as a security guard in another state or regularly employed as a security guard for
  a security agency licensed in this or another state or having been a sworn member
  of a federal, state, or municipal law enforcement agency. (d) An application for a license may be denied upon failure of the applicant to provide
  information required; upon a finding that the applicant does not meet a high standard
  as to character, integrity, and reputation; or for unprofessional conduct defined
  in section 3181 of this chapter. (Added 1981, No. 98, § 1; amended 1985, No. 86 § 1; amended 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 68, 69; 1991, No. 69, § 1, eff. June 21, 1991; 1995, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 1999, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; 2009, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 29; 2017, No. 48, § 21; 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 2019, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.)