RELATES TO:

KRS 237.110(4)(i), 237.120, 237.122, 237.124

STATUTORY AUTHORITY:

KRS 15A.070(5), 237.110(4)(i), 237.120(1), 237.122(1), 237.124

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:

KRS 237.110(4)(i) , 237.120(1), and 237.122(1) require the department to operate and maintain a program for firearms instructor trainers and firearms instructors for the concealed deadly weapon training program; and to offer or approve firearms safety courses. KRS 15A.070(5) authorizes the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations . This administrative regulation establishes the definitions for administrative regulations relating to the certification of firearms instructors; and firearms safety and training courses or classes.

1. Section 1. Definitions.

   1. (1) "Applicant training course" means a firearms safety or training course or class required by KRS 237.110(4)(i) that:

      1. (a) The department:

         1. 1. Conducts; or
         2. 2. Has approved; or
      2. (b) Is conducted by firearms instructors certified by the department.
   2. (2) "Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice Training.
   3. (3) "Instructor candidate" means a person who is taking a firearms safety or training course or class in order to qualify as a firearms instructor.
   4. (4) "Instructor trainer" means a firearms instructor who has been certified by the department to train qualified firearms instructors.
   5. (5) "Certified firearms instructor" means a person who has been certified by the department to teach applicant training courses.
   6. (6) "Student" means a person taking an applicant training course.

History

(23 Ky.R. 1283; Am. 1587; eff. 9-17-1996; 48 Ky.R.1350, 2071; eff. 4-5-2022.)

FILED WITH LRC: December 9, 2021

CONTACT PERSON: Deaidra Douglas, Assistant General Counsel, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Department of Criminal Justice Training, 4449 Kit Carson Drive, Richmond, Kentucky 40475, phone (859) 622-8229, email deaidra.douglas@ky.gov.