(a) Training of applicants.

1. (1) The required minimum standards for the firearms safety training course for an initial concealed handgun carry license, renewal license, or enhanced license shall be a course of instruction developed, prescribed, and acceptable to the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police and shall include using live ammunition and firing.
2. (2) The applicant must successfully demonstrate proficiency with the use of a handgun on the firing range.
3. (3) The director shall not accept the training certificate of an applicant if the instructor did not hold a valid instructor registration with the Division of Arkansas State Police at the time the training took place.

(b) Administration of firearms safety training instruction.

1. (1) An instructor shall at all times legally operate in accordance with all federal, state, county, and city laws and ordinances.
2. (2) If the instructor ceases to be an instructor for any reason whatsoever, the director shall be notified, in writing, of the cessation within five (5) calendar days and, if requested, provide all records to the director.

3. (3)

   1. (A) An instructor authorized to conduct a training course required by this part shall check the application of a student for:

(i) Completeness;

1. (ii) Accuracy; and

   1. (iii) Legibility.

   2. (B) This requirement does not apply if the student has submitted or will submit an electronic application to the division.

      1. (c) Instructor change of address. An instructor or applicant for instructor registration shall notify the division in writing within thirty (30) calendar days of any change in his or her:
2. (1) Name;
3. (2) Address;
4. (3) Electronic mail address (if any); or

5. (4) Telephone number.

   1. (d) Instructor — Other requirements.

6. (1)

   1. (A) An instructor must include the registration number assigned to him or her by the director on all matters of advertising for teaching Arkansas concealed handgun carry license classes or offering services as a firearms safety training instructor registered with the division.
   2. (B) Advertising includes print, electronic, or social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.
   3. (C) The instructor is not required to include the registration number on each posting from a social media account, so long as the posting is linked to account of the instructor with the registration number.
7. (2) An instructor may not use the Division of Arkansas State Police star or indicate any other association with the division other than they are registered with the division as an Arkansas concealed handgun carry license firearms safety training instructor.
8. (3) An instructor may not conduct any business as a registered Arkansas concealed handgun carry license firearms safety training instructor under a name other than what is shown on his or her current registration on file with the division.

(e) Death of a registered instructor.

1. (1) Upon the death of a registered instructor, the registration shall be canceled from the date of death.
2. (2) Written notice of the death of a registered instructor should be provided to the division as soon as possible.