HB2444 Summary

• Amends qualifications for security guard and armed security guard registration certificates to specify that applicants must not be "any" of several mental health conditions (adjudicated mentally incompetent, found to be a danger to self or others, found incompetent in criminal proceedings, or found guilty except insane).

• Expands mental health disqualification language to include persons "found to constitute a danger to self or others or to have a persistent or acute disability or a grave disability" pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-540.

• Applies the same amended mental health and qualification standards to security guard training instructors and firearms safety training instructors.

• Clarifies disability provisions for all security guard roles by requiring applicants to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards unless they are qualified individuals with disabilities.

• Makes conforming changes to disqualification language for training instructors to include all security roles (associates, security guards, armed security guards, training instructors, and firearms safety instructors).