Sec. 20. 25 MRSA §2804-B, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1993, c. 630, Pt. B, §5, is further amended to read:

2. Preservice training standards. The board shall establish standards for preservice training certification that are equivalent to the 100-hour reserve officer training course as of November 1, 1988. In establishing the standards, the board shall consider the use of a registered apprenticeship with a certified, experienced officer, to be followed by an examination given by the board, as an alternative to part or all of the preservice training course leading to preservice certification. In establishing the standards, the board shall cooperate with the State and local departments and agencies to which the preservice standards apply to ensure that the standards are appropriate.

Sec. 21. 25 MRSA §2804-C, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 395, Pt. O, §4, is further amended to read:

1. Required. As a condition to the continued employment of any person as a full-time law enforcement officer by a municipality, a county, the State or any other nonfederal employer, that person must successfully complete, within the first 12 months of employment as a full-time law enforcement officer by a municipality, a county, the State or any other nonfederal employer, a the basic training course approved by the board at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. If the person fails to complete the basic training course and the failure is a direct result of a failure to meet admission standards, and if employment is terminated and the person is subsequently employed as a full-time law enforcement officer by a municipality, a county, the State or any other nonfederal employer, then within 12 months of the initial employment termination, the person must satisfy all the admission standards to the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to the satisfaction of the board. Thereafter, as a condition of continued employment as a full-time law enforcement officer, the officer must satisfactorily maintain the basic certification by completing the recertification requirements prescribed by the board. The board, under extenuating and emergency circumstances in individual cases, may extend that the 12-month period for not more than 90 180 days. The board also, in individual cases, may waive the basic training requirement when the facts indicate that an equivalent course has been successfully completed. This section does not apply to any person employed as a full-time law enforcement officer by a municipality on September 23, 1971 or by a county on July 1, 1972.