Rule 109:2-18-20 | Training for Hospital Security Personnel.
The Ohio peace officer training academy shall grant eligible hospital security personnel access to hospital security training, in accordance with this rule and section 109.7411 of the Revised Code.
(A) A hospital system, or hospital that is not part of a hospital system, that employs hospital security personnel and desires to have such personnel receive hospital security training shall do all of the following:
(1) Submit an application to OPOTA for access to hospital security training;
(2) Certify that the individuals identified in the application are currently hospital security personnel;
(3) Comply with all registration, scheduling, identification, and payment procedures as required by OPOTA;
(4) Notify the OPOTA when any individual who was granted access to training is no longer employed as hospital security personnel.
(B) The executive director shall prescribe the method by which a hospital system, or hospital that is not part of a hospital system, shall provide evidence of the qualifications and active employment of hospital security personnel. The method shall include at least all of the following:
(1) Contact information for the hospital security personnel seeking training;
(2) Contact information for the individual responsible for human resources at the employing hospital system, or hospital that is not part of a hospital system;
(3) A certification from the hospital system or hospital that is not part of a hospital system that the individual identified is currently employed as hospital security personnel;
(4) How to notify OPOTA when an individual that had been approved is no longer employed as hospital security personnel, and therefore ineligible to access hospital security training under this rule.
(C) The executive director may adopt policies requiring hospital systems, hospitals that are not part of a hospital system, and hospital security personnel to take reasonable measures to verify the employment status of any hospital security personnel seeking to access training.
(1) The failure of the employing hospital system, or hospital that is not part of a hospital system, to verify the continued employment of hospital security personnel in accordance with the policies may result in an inability to access training for its hospital security personnel.
(2) The executive director shall deny or revoke access if the individual is not currently hospital security personnel.
(3) The executive director may restrict or deny access to hospital security personnel to training that does not meet the requirements of division (B)(4) of section 3727.18 of the Revised Code.
(D) If good cause is shown, the executive director may restrict or deny access to training for an individual who otherwise would be granted access to hospital security training.
Last updated March 30, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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