(a) A person applying for a license or credential other than that for a commissioned security officer or commissioned school security officer shall:
(1) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application;
(2) Not be suffering from habitual drunkenness or from narcotics addiction or dependence;
(3) Not have been discharged from the United States Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions;
(4) Be in compliance with any other reasonable qualifications that the Director of the Department of Arkansas State Police may set by rule;
(5) Not have been adjudicated as mentally incompetent or have been involuntarily committed to a mental institution or mental health treatment facility; and
(6) Not be a registered sex offender or be required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, ยง 12-12-901 et seq.
(b) An applicant who applies for a license to engage in the business of an investigations company or his or her manager shall have:
(1) Two (2) consecutive years' experience before the date of the application in the investigative field as an agent, employee, manager, or owner of an investigations company;
(2) Two (2) years' experience as a licensed bail bondsman and a baccalaureate degree from a four-year institution of higher education; or
(3) Satisfied other requirements as may be set by the director.
(c) An applicant who makes application to engage in the business of a security services contractor, private business, or his or her manager shall:
(1) Have two (2) consecutive years' experience before the date of application in the security services field as an agent, employee, manager, or owner of a security services contractor company; or
(2) Satisfy other requirements as may be set by the director.
(d) (1) The director shall not issue a license or credential nor renew an existing license or credential of a person who has been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to one (1) or more of the following in any court in the State of Arkansas or a comparable offense in another state, or in a military or federal court for which a pardon has not been granted:
(A) A felony;
(B) A Class A misdemeanor;
(C) A crime involving violence; or
(D) A crime involving moral turpitude.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, the state and national criminal background check shall include a record of all offenses that have been previously sealed or expunged by any court.
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