§ 5-57-29 - I.D. cards – Requirement – Application – Issuance or denial.
SECTION 5-57-29
§ 5-57-29 I.D. cards – Requirement– Application – Issuance or denial. – (a) It is unlawful and punishable as provided in § 5-57-41 for anyindividual to function as an alarm agent or to perform the duties described insubsections (b) and (c) of this section without first obtaining anidentification card (referred to as "I.D." card).
(b) Owners, principal corporate officers, partners, andmanagers of all alarm businesses shall be required to obtain I.D. cards if theydirectly engage in selling, installing, altering, servicing, moving,maintaining, repairing, replacing, monitoring, responding to, or causing othersto respond to, alarm systems within the state.
(c) Any individual engaged in the alarm business or employedby or associated with an alarm business within the state who is not an alarmagent but who has access to confidential information relating to a customer orsubscriber of an alarm business or who monitors radio equipment used inconnection with an alarm business must also obtain an I.D. card.
(d) Individuals required to obtain an I.D. card under thissection shall file a joint application for a temporary and permanent I.D. cardand upon completion, the alarm business shall immediately forward theapplication form to the licensing authority and shall retain a copy of theapplication in its files. Alarm businesses shall issue temporary I.D. cards inthe manner prescribed in subsection (g) of this section until the I.D. cardapplicant obtains a permanent I.D. card from the licensing authority.
(e) A person engaged in the alarm business on September 1,1977 has authority to and is required to issue to its alarm agents or otherindividuals required to obtain I.D. cards under this section temporary I.D.cards (as provided in subsection (g) of this section) while the application ofthat person for an alarm business license is pending. If that alarm businessapplication is finally denied, the alarm business no longer has authority toissue temporary I.D. cards. All temporary I.D. cards issued by that alarmbusiness shall become void and shall be returned by the temporary I.D.cardholders to the issuer.
(f) Application for an I.D. card shall be on a formprescribed by the licensing authority and shall include the following:
(1) The I.D. card applicant's full name and any other namespreviously used, current residence and business addresses and telephone numbers;
(2) Date and place of birth;
(3) Whether the I.D. card applicant is applying as an alarmagent or as an individual required to obtain an I.D. card under subsection (b)or (c) of this section;
(4) A list of all felony and misdemeanor convictions of theI.D. card applicant in any jurisdiction;
(5) Two (2) classifiable sets of fingerprints recorded in themanner that may be specified by the licensing authority;
(6) Two (2) recent photographs of a type prescribed by thelicensing authority;
(7) The name and address of the alarm business, which employsor will employ or engage the I.D. card applicant;
(8) The application shall include a statement by the alarmbusiness which employs or will employ the I.D. card applicant or engage theI.D. card applicant as to whether that alarm business:
(i) Is licensed under this chapter;
(ii) Has a license application pending before the licensingauthority; or
(iii) Is unlicensed and does not have an application pendingbefore the licensing authority but was engaged in the alarm business within thestate on September 1, 1977 and intends to file a timely application for analarm business license under this chapter;
(9) A statement by the alarm business as to whether it hasissued a temporary I.D. card to the I.D. card applicant. If the alarm businesshas issued a temporary I.D. card, the alarm business shall state the date ofissuance of the card and the card number;
(10) The I.D. card applicant's employment record for theprior three (3) years;
(11) A statement whether the applicant has been denied analarm agent, guard or private investigator license, permit or I.D. card orbusiness license for an alarm business, guard or private investigator businessin any jurisdiction and whether that license, permit or I.D. card has beenrevoked;
(12) A statement that the I.D. card applicant will inform thelicensing authority of any material change in the information stated in theI.D. card applicant's form within ten (10) days after that change; and
(13) Any other information, which the licensing authority mayreasonably deem necessary to determine whether an applicant for an I.D. cardmeets the requirements of this chapter.
(g) A temporary I.D. card shall be issued by an alarmbusiness licensed under this chapter to any of its alarm agents or any otherindividual required to obtain an I.D. card prior to the issuance of a permanentI.D. card for this individual by the licensing authority. The form fortemporary I.D. cards shall be at the discretion of the alarm business, butshall only be with the approval of the licensing authority. The form forpermanent I.D. cards shall be prescribed by the licensing authority and shallinclude the following information concerning the I.D. cardholder:
(1) Full name and signature;
(2) An I.D. card number and date of issuance of the card;
(3) Date and place of birth;
(4) Name and address of the alarm business which employs theapplicant or with which the applicant is associated;
(5) Date of commencement of employment or association withthe alarm business; and
(6) A recent photograph of the I.D. cardholder.
(h) Before issuing a permanent I.D. card, the licensingauthority shall require the prospective I.D. cardholder to submit on formsprovided by the licensing authority the names and addresses of two (2)references who can verify the applicant's good moral character and competencyto install alarms or alarm systems and the names and addresses of employers ofthe prospective I.D. cardholder for the past three (3) years, and shall makereasonable and prudent inquiries to determine whether the applicant meets therequirements of this section. If the licensing authority has reason to believethat the individual required to obtain a permanent I.D. card does not meet therequirements of this section, no permanent I.D. card shall be issued by thelicensing authority.
(i) Any alarm business issuing a temporary I.D. card shallpromptly report to the licensing authority the name, address, and I.D. cardnumber of the individual to whom it has issued a temporary I.D. card.
(j) The temporary or permanent I.D. card shall be carried byan individual required to obtain an I.D. card under this chapter whenever thatindividual is engaged in the alarm business and shall be exhibited upon request.
(k) Application for an I.D. card to the licensing authorityshall be accompanied by a thirty dollar ($30.00) fee to cover the cost ofprocessing the application and investigating the applicant. The fees collectedshall be paid into the general fund.
(l) The licensing authority may refuse to issue an I.D. cardif the I.D. card applicant has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor inany jurisdiction and the licensing authority finds that the conviction reflectsunfavorably on the fitness of the applicant to engage in the alarm business orto be employed by an alarm business.
(m) The permanent I.D. card issued by the licensing authorityshall include the items listed in subsection (g) of this section and theexpiration date of the I.D. card.