2012 Mississippi Code
Title 73 - Professions and Vocations
Chapter 69 - Mississippi Residential Electronic Protection Licensing Act
§ 73-69-11. Application for Class B, C, D, and T licenses; educational requirements; automatic disqualification; agreements with other states for mutual recognition of individual license holders; certain individuals not required to show proof of satisfaction of educational requirements

(1) Any person employed by an alarm contracting company shall hold an individual license issued by the State Fire Marshal. Such a license shall authorize its holder to engage in alarm contracting or closed circuit television alarm system contracting, only to the extent of the terms as further provided in this chapter.

(2) Any person desiring to engage in alarm contracting or closed circuit television alarm system contracting shall hold a Class B license issued by the State Fire Marshal. Such application shall be accompanied by:

(a) Two (2) suitable photographs of the applicant acceptable to the State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal shall keep one (1) photograph on file and shall make the other photograph a part of any license subsequently issued to the applicant.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (9), documentation that the applicant meets educational requirements applicable to the type of license for which he is applying, as follows:

(i) For a Class B license: a minimum of National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association, Level 2 A B Burglar Alarm training course or equivalent training approved by the State Fire Marshal, and documentation proving residency within a radius of one hundred fifty (150) miles of the office to which he is assigned.

(ii) For a Class C license: a minimum of National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association, Level 1 Burglar Alarm training course, or equivalent training approved by the State Fire Marshal.

(iii) For a Class D license: a minimum of National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association, Sales Understanding Alarms training course, or equivalent training approved by the State Fire Marshal, or a minimum of two (2) years of design and sales experience in the alarm industry attested to in a notarized affidavit and payroll records provided by the applicant.

(iv) For a Class T license: application for a Class B, Class C or Class D license, accompanied by a letter of intent to complete the training requirements of such license types within twelve (12) months.

(c) (i) A statement by the applicant that he has not been convicted of a felony, received a first-time offender pardon for a felony, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony charge. A felony that has been dismissed pursuant to the Mississippi Criminal Code or equivalent judicial dismissal shall not apply to this paragraph.

(ii) A conviction or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony charge or receipt of a first-time offender pardon shall not constitute an automatic disqualification as otherwise required pursuant to subparagraph (i) if ten (10) or more years have elapsed between the date of application and the successful completion or service of any sentence, deferred adjudication or period of probation or parole.

(iii) Subparagraph (ii) shall not apply to any person convicted of a felony crime of violence or a sex offense as defined within the Mississippi Criminal Code.

(d) A statement authorizing the State Fire Marshal to order fingerprint analysis or any other analysis or documents deemed necessary by the State Fire Marshal for the purpose of verifying the applicant's criminal history. The State Fire Marshal shall have the authority to conduct criminal history verification on a local, state or national level.

(e) The application fee authorized by this chapter.

(3) The State Fire Marshal shall have the authority to determine if information submitted by an applicant is in a form acceptable to him. The State Fire Marshal shall verify or have another entity verify information submitted by each applicant.

(4) If the State Fire Marshal finds that an applicant has met the applicable requirements of the alarm licensing law, he shall issue the appropriate type of license to the applicant upon payment of the license fee authorized by this chapter.

(5) Each individual license holder shall maintain his license on his person while engaging in any type of alarm contracting or closed circuit television alarm system contracting as applicable. Each such license holder shall present his license for inspection upon demand by an employee of the Office of the State Fire Marshal or a law enforcement officer.

(6) Each individual license holder shall notify the State Fire Marshal, on a form specified and provided by the State Fire Marshal, within ten (10) days of the following:

(a) Any change in business or home address.

(b) Any separation from an employer or change in employer.

(c) Any conviction for a felony or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony charge or receipt of a first-time offender pardon.

(7) No individual licensed under this chapter shall contract for his services as an independent contractor or agent without applying for and being issued a Class B license under this chapter. No alarm contracting company or closed circuit television alarm system contracting company shall contract for the independent services of a holder of an individual license under this section.

(8) The State Fire Marshal may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states for mutual recognition of individual license holders, if the State Fire Marshal has established the criteria for acceptance of reciprocal agreements by rule or regulation.

(9) Any person engaged in alarm contracting or closed circuit television alarm system contracting, on or before July 1, 2006, shall automatically be issued a license without having to show documentation that the applicant meets the educational requirements applicable to the type of license for which he is applying.