KRS 237.120: Program for firearms instructor trainers for concealed deadly weapon

training program -- Qualification and certification requirements -- In-service

training -- Fee.

(1) The Department of Criminal Justice Training shall operate and maintain a prog ram

for firearms instructor trainers for the concealed deadly weapon training program.

Only the General Assembly may eliminate the firearms instructor trainer program.

(2) A firearms instructor trainer shall meet the requirements to be a firearms instructo r

and shall:

(a) Possess a high school diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma;

(b) Successfully complete a firearms instructor trainer course of not more than

sixteen (16) hours provided by the department; and

(c) Possess at least one (1) of the follow ing valid firearms instructor

certifications:

1. National Rifle Association Personal Protection Instructor;

2. National Rifle Association Pistol Marksmanship Instructor;

3. Certification from a Kentucky or other firearms instructor course offered

by a state or federal governmental agency; or

4. Certification from another firearms instructor training course that has

been determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Criminal

Justice Training to be equivalent to one (1) of the above listed courses.

(3) Certification as a firearms instructor trainer shall be valid for a period of three (3)

years during which an instructor trainer shall:

(a) Conduct or assist in at least one (1) firearms instructor course; or

(b) Conduct or assist in at least one (1) applicant training course; and

(c) Attend an instructor trainer/instructor in -service training course of not more

than four (4) hours conducted by the department; and

(d) Not have become ineligible to be a firearms instructor trainer.

(4) The department shall conduct in -service training for firearms instructor trainers and

certified firearms instructors. In -service training courses shall be held not less than

twice each year in each congressional district and shall be offered at various tim es

during the year ensuring that the maximum number of persons can attend.

Preference shall be given to conducting in -service training classes on a Friday or a

Saturday. Notice of the time, date, and location for in -service training for each

calendar year shall be sent to each firearms instructor trainer and certified firearms

instructor by mail or by e -mail not less than thirty (30) days prior to the beginning

of the first class for each calendar year. The cost of the in -service training shall be

not more than fifty dollars ($50).

(5) At the end of the certification period, the department shall issue a new firearms

instructor trainer certification to a person who has completed the provisions of this

section, unless that firearms instructor trainer notifies the department in writing that

he or she desires not to be recertified or is otherwise ineligible to be recertified.

There shall be no charge for recertification. A firearms instructor trainer who has

permitted his or her certification to expire may take t he in -service course and be

recertified for a period of up to one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of

expiration of the certification without having to repeat the requirements of

subsection (2) of this section.

(6) The fee for a firearms instructor trainer course shall be not more than one hundred

dollars ($100). No portion of the fee shall be refunded to any student who fails or

who does not complete the required course of training.

(7) Any state agency or public university which owns a firing range shall make that

range available to the department for the conduct of in -service training without

charge if the department determines that for any particular year's in -service training

that range firing is required.