H.P. 192 - L.D. 245
An Act to Provide a Time Limit Extension for Basic Corrections Training
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2804-D, as amended by PL 1993, c. 551, §3, is further amended to read:
§2804-D. Basic corrections training
1. Required. As a condition to the continued employment of any person as a full-time corrections officer by a municipality, a county, the State or any other nonfederal employer, that person must successfully complete, within the first 12 months of employment, a basic training course of not less than 80 hours as approved by the board. Thereafter, as a condition of continued employment as a full-time corrections officer, the officer must satisfactorily maintain the basic certification. The board, under extenuating and emergency circumstances in individual cases, may extend the 12-month period for not more than 90 days. The board, in individual cases, may waive basic training requirements when the facts indicate that an equivalent course has been successfully completed in another state or federal jurisdiction within the 2 years immediately preceding employment. This section applies to any person employed as a full-time corrections officer on or after July 6, 1978. Administrators of facilities where there are corrections officers who are not full-time are encouraged to develop an orientation program for those persons.
Effective June 26, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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