2015-2016 Bill 958: Law Enforcement Certification - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 S. 958 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Senator M.B. Matthews 10 Document Path: l:\s-res\mbm\003psyc.kmm.mbm.docx 11 Companion/Similar bill(s): 4428, 4468 12 13 Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2016 14 Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary 15 16 Summary: Law enforcement certification 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 12/9/2015 Senate Prefiled 23 12/9/2015 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary 24 1/13/2016 Senate Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journalpage 45) 25 1/13/2016 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( Senate Journalpage 45) 26 2/19/2016 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Hembree (ch), Corbin, McElveen 27 28 View the latest legislative information at the website 29 30 31 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 32 33 12/9/2015 34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND SECTION 232360 OF THE 1976 CODE, 12 RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION AS 13 A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, TO INCLUDE AMONG 14 THOSE REQUIREMENTS A PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST 15 CERTIFYING THAT THE CANDIDATE FOR 16 CERTIFICATION IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY SUITED TO 17 PERFORM LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES; TO PROVIDE 18 THAT IF A CERTIFICATE LAPSES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL 19 TEST MUST BE PERFORMED BEFORE BEING 20 REINSTATED; AND TO PROVIDE THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL 21 TESTING IS REQUIRED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT 22 TRAINING. 23 24 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 25 Carolina: 26 27 SECTION 1. Section 232360(B) of the 1976 Code is amended by 28 adding a new item at the end to read: 29 30 “(10) evidence satisfactory to the director of successful 31 completion of a psychological examination conducted by a 32 licensed professional who certifies that the candidate is 33 psychologically suited to perform law enforcement related duties.” 34 35 SECTION 2. Section 232360(C)(4) is amended to read: 36 37 “(4) If the officer’s certificate has lapsed, the council may 38 reissue the certificate after receipt of an application and if the 39 director is satisfied that the officer continues to meet the 40 requirements of subsection (B)(1) through (9)(10).” 41 42 SECTION 3. Section 232360(D) is amended to read:

[958] 2 1 2 “(D) The director may accept for training as a law enforcement 3 officer an applicant who has met requirements of subsection (B)(1) 4 through (8) and (10).” 5 6 SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the 7 Governor. 8 XX 9

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