Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 60. PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS, PRIVATE SECURITY AND FIRE ENTITIES, AND PROCESS SERVERS

Part 2. Director of Department -- Board

Rulemaking Power

37-60-202. Rulemaking power. The board shall adopt and enforce rules:

(1) fixing the qualifications of resident managers, licensees, holders of identification cards, and process servers, in addition to those prescribed in Title 25, chapter 1, part 11, and in this chapter, necessary to promote and protect the public welfare;

(2) establishing, in accordance with 37-1-134, application fees for original licenses and identification cards, and providing for refunding of any fees;

(3) (a) requiring approval of the board prior to the establishment of branch offices of any licensee; and

(b) establishing qualification requirements and license fees for branch offices identified in subsection (3)(a);

(4) for the certification of private investigator, private security guard, security alarm installer, and alarm response runner training programs, including the certification of firearms training programs;

(5) for the licensure of firearms instructors;

(6) for the approval of weapons;

(7) requiring licensees, except process servers, to file an insurance policy with the board; and

(8) providing for the issuance of probationary identification cards for private investigators and security alarm installers who do not meet the requirements for age, employment experience, or written examination.

History: En. 66-3303 by Sec. 3, Ch. 234, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-3303; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 550, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 647, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 63, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 115, Ch. 429, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 42, Ch. 126, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 405, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 502, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 100, L. 2011.