N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9, § 6027.7 – Minimum standards of the eight hour annual in-service training course for holders of special armed guard registration cards.

(a) No eight hour annual in-service training course required for holders of special armed guard registration cards shall be approved by the commissioner which does not follow a curriculum consisting of at least eight hours of instruction which includes, but is not limited to, the following topics and corresponding minimum time requirements:
1. (1) Firearms handling, safety, and proficiency, course of fire for firearms qualification—five hours.
2. (2) Deadly physical force instruction, review and examination—three hours.
(b) As referenced above, the eight hour annual in-service training course for holders of special armed guard registration cards shall include a review and an examination period to be administered to the individual student upon completion of the presentation of the course topics on deadly physical force. The taking and passing of a firearms proficiency examination is also required of each individual prior to the issuance of a certificate of successful completion for this course. A certified security guard instructor shall provide the examination material, administer and supervise the examination, and grade the examination.
(c) Only security guard instructors who have met the requirements for armed security guard instructor certification and who have been certified to instruct the five hour firearms component of an eight hour annual in-service training course for holders of special armed guard registration cards in accordance with the provisions of Part 6029 of this Title may provide instruction in such component of the training course. Only security guard instructors who have met the requirements for security guard instructor certification or who have been certified to instruct the three hour deadly physical force component of an eight hour annual in-service training course for holders of special armed guard registration cards in accordance with the provisions of Part 6029 of this Title may provide instruction in such component of the training course.
(d) An eight hour annual in-service training course for holders of special armed guard registration cards approved by the commissioner in accordance with this Part shall be administered only at an approved security guard training school.