44-4-303. (Temporary) Temporary exemption for juvenile detention officers. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a juvenile detention officer shall in the first year of employment complete a 120-hour basic training course as required in 44-4-301.
     (2) A juvenile detention officer employed by a juvenile detention center is exempt from the requirements for certification and basic detention officer training provided for in 44-4-301 on the following conditions:
     (a) The juvenile detention officer shall in the first year of employment satisfactorily complete a 120-hour training program that was developed by a juvenile detention center prior to January 1, 2001, based on training approved by a nationally recognized professional association for juvenile detention officers.
     (b) The jurisdiction that administers and operates the juvenile detention center shall assume the responsibility and cost for administering a training program for the juvenile detention officers employed in a juvenile detention facility and any associated liability related to the training.
     (c) The juvenile detention center shall submit quarterly reports on the implementation of a training program provided for in subsection (2)(a) to the board of crime control.
     (d) The jurisdiction that operates and administers a juvenile detention center training program shall cooperate with the study and evaluation process conducted by the board of crime control.
     (3) A county that complies with this section is eligible for reimbursement through the state grants for youth detention services provided for in Title 41, chapter 5, part 19, to the same extent that training received pursuant to 44-4-301 is reimbursable. (Terminates June 30, 2003--secs. 3, 6, Ch. 160, L. 2001.)

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 469, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 160, L. 2001.