37-60-105. Exemptions. This chapter does not apply to:
     (1) (a) any one person employed singly and exclusively by any one employer in connection with the affairs of such employer only and where there exists an employer-employee relationship and the employee is unarmed, does not wear a uniform, and is guarding inside a structure which at the time is not open to the public;
     (b) a person:
     (i) employed singly and exclusively by a retail merchant;
     (ii) performing at least some of his work for the retail merchant as a private security guard; and
     (iii) who has received training as a private security guard from the employer or at the employer's direction;
     (2) an officer or employee of the United States of America or of this state or a political subdivision thereof while such officer or employee is engaged in the performance of his official duties;
     (3) a person engaged exclusively in the business of obtaining and furnishing information as to the financial rating of persons or as to the personal habits and financial responsibility of applicants for insurance, indemnity bonds, or commercial credit;
     (4) (a) an attorney at law in performing his duties as an attorney at law;
     (b) a legal intern, paralegal, or legal assistant employed by one or more lawyers, law offices, governmental agencies, or other entities; or
     (c) a law student who is serving a legal internship;
     (5) a collection agency or finance company licensed to do business under the laws of this state, or an employee thereof while acting within the scope of his employment, while making an investigation incidental to the business of the agency or company, including an investigation of the location of a debtor or his property where the contract with an assignor creditor is for the collection of claims owed or due or asserted to be owed or due or the equivalent thereof;
     (6) special agents employed by railroad companies, provided the railroad company notifies the board that such agents are operating in the state;
     (7) insurers and insurance producers and insurance brokers licensed by the state, performing duties in connection with insurance transacted by them;
     (8) an insurance adjuster, as defined by 37-60-101(10); or
     (9) an internal investigator or auditor, while making an investigation incidental to the business of the agency or company by which he is singularly and regularly employed.

     History: En. 66-3306 by Sec. 6, Ch. 234, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-3306; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 550, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 647, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 63, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 332, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 47, L. 1991.