(1) POST will issue intermediate certificates in the following disciplines:

(a) peace officer;

(b) detention/corrections officer;

(c) probation and parole officer;

(d) misdemeanor probation/pretrial services officer; and

(e) public safety communications officer.

(2) In addition to ARM 23.13.204 and 23.13.205, a peace officer or probation and parole officer who is an applicant for an award of the intermediate certificate:

(a) must possess the discipline-specific basic certificate;  

(b) must have four years of discipline-specific experience; and

(c) must have 200 combined POST-approved, in-service, or lateral POST training credit training hours as provided in these rules.

(3) In addition to ARM 23.13.204 and 23.13.205, a detention/corrections officer or a misdemeanor probation/pretrial services officer who is an applicant for an award of the intermediate certificate:

(a) must possess the discipline-specific basic certificate;  

(b) must have four years of discipline-specific experience; and

(c) must have 144 combined POST-approved, in-service, or lateral POST training credit training hours as provided in these rules.

(4) In addition to ARM 23.13.204 and 23.13.205, a public safety communication officer who is an applicant for an award of the intermediate certificate:

(a) must possess the discipline-specific basic certificate;  

(b) must have four years of discipline-specific experience; and

(c) must have 84 combined POST-approved, in-service, or lateral POST training credit training hours as provided in these rules.

(5) Officers who believe they are eligible for an intermediate certificate must submit a completed application pursuant to ARM 23.13.218.

(6) A misdemeanor probation/pretrial services officer who possessed a probation and parole basic certificate before March 28, 2020 meets the requirement of (3)(a).