SECTION 390:31-1-6. Application for certification

(a)   Any person, group, or organization, public or private, that utilize canine teams for the purposes of detecting explosive substances, as a public service or for private gain, shall be required to annually obtain CLEET certification for such canine teams. Certification as to the demonstration abilities of any such canine team shall be based on evaluation of the canine team's performance by an approved testing organization.

(b)   Persons seeking CLEET Bomb Detector Canine Team Certification may receive an application and instructions by calling or making a written request to CLEET administrative offices.

(c)   Applicants must submit the application fee to CLEET with the application.

(d)   All applications must be completed and be accompanied by two (2) full-body, color photographs of the applicant canine team and any other information required by CLEET. The photographs shall include the full side-body of the dog and the face of the handler.

(e)   Upon completion of Bomb detector canine team testing CLEET shall be notified in writing that the canine team has successfully completed all Explosives Detection test requirements and the test examiner has documented evaluation of the canine team's performance.

(f)   Canine teams that fail to successfully complete the Bomb detector tests in accordance with the required standards of performance may not be retested except as provided for by the standards for retesting established by the agency or organization which conducted the initial test.

(g)   When CLEET has determined that all application procedures are complete; the applicant canine team has met all required performance standards; and the correct certification fee has been received, a Bomb Detector Canine Team Certificate shall be issued by CLEET. No CLEET employee may participate in the training or testing of any canine team.

(h)   Any time a certified Bomb detector canine team is being employed or otherwise utilized in explosives detection activities, the CLEET Bomb Detector Canine Team Certificate, or a copy thereof, shall be immediately available for inspection by any interested party.

(i)   CLEET Bomb Detector Canine Team certification shall remain effective for one (1) year from the date it was issued.

(j)   Bomb Detector Canine Teams shall be recertified annually. Application for renewal and the process of testing and performance evaluation shall be conducted in the same manner as the original certification. Application for recertification should be initiated not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the expiration date of the previous certificate.

(k)   All Bomb detector canine team certifications that are not renewed shall be inactivated by CLEET. If a renewal of an expired certification is not initiated by the canine team within thirty (30) days from the expiration date of the certificate, the canine team shall be required to remit the full certification test fee to reinstate the certification status of the canine team. Application and testing procedures in such cases shall be conducted in the same manner as an original certification.

(l)   When any canine team certified under these laws and rules will no longer be utilized in the performance of explosives detection activities, the owner of such dog or the handler shall notify CLEET in writing.

(m)   Bomb detector canine teams owned by or used solely by a bona fide law enforcement agency for Explosives detection activities in the service of the public shall be exempt from the certification fees herein as provided in 70 O.S. Section 3311 (L), but shall be required to certify such canine teams annually in accordance with the laws and the rules of this section, unless such canine teams are certified and annually recertified in the detection of explosives and materials by the United States Department of Defense.

[Source: Added at 23 Ok Reg 1932, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 2026, eff 9-11-15]