7-31-202. Qualifications for public safety communications officers. To be appointed a public safety communications officer, a person:
     (1) must be a citizen of the United States;
     (2) must be at least 18 years of age;
     (3) must be fingerprinted and a search must be made of local, state, and national fingerprint files to disclose any criminal record;
     (4) may not have been convicted of a crime for which he could have been imprisoned in a federal or state penitentiary;
     (5) must be of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation;
     (6) must be a high school graduate or have passed the general education development test and have been issued an equivalency certificate by the superintendent of public instruction or by an appropriate issuing agency of another state or of the federal government; and
     (7) shall meet any additional qualifications established by the board.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 58, L. 1991.