1. (1) POST will issue advanced certificates in the following disciplines:

   1. (a) peace officer;
   2. (b) detention/corrections officer;
   3. (c) probation and parole officer;
   4. (d) misdemeanor probation/pretrial services officer; and
   5. (e) public safety communications officer.

2. (2) In addition to ARM 23.13.204 and 23.13.205, a peace officer or probation and parole officer who is an applicant for an award of the advanced certificate:

   1. (a) must possess the discipline-specific intermediate certificate; and
   2. (b) must have eight years of discipline-specific experience and 400 combined POST-approved, in-service, lateral POST training credit hours as provided in these rules.

3. (3) In addition to ARM 23.13.204 and 23.13.205, a detention/corrections officer or a misdemeanor probation/pretrial services officer who is an applicant for an award of the advanced certificate:

   1. (a) must possess the discipline-specific intermediate certificate; and
   2. (b) must have eight years of discipline-specific experience and 304 combined POST-approved, in-service, or lateral POST training credit hours as provided in these rules.

4. (4) In addition to ARM 23.13.204 and 23.13.205, a public safety communications officer who is an applicant for an award of the advanced certificate:

   1. (a) must possess the discipline-specific intermediate certificate; and
   2. (b) must have eight years of discipline-specific experience and 184 combined POST-approved, in-service, or lateral POST training credit hours as provided in these rules.
5. (5) Officers who believe they are eligible for an advanced certificate must submit a completed application pursuant to ARM 23.13.218.
6. (6) A misdemeanor probation/pretrial services officer who possessed a probation and parole intermediate certificate before March 28, 2020, meets the requirement of (3)(a).

Authorizing statute(s): 2-15-2029, MCA

Implementing statute(s): 2-15-2029, 44-4-403, MCA

History: NEW, 2008 MAR p. 1587, Eff. 8/1/08; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 2951, Eff. 12/12/14; AMD, 2017 MAR p. 1953, Eff. 10/28/17; AMD, 2018 MAR p. 2518, Eff. 12/22/18; AMD, 2020 MAR p. 580, Eff. 3/28/20; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 607, Eff. 3/23/24; AMD, 2025 MAR, Notice No. 2025-113, Eff. 8/9/25.