(1) To be awarded the PSCO supervisory certificate, a person must:

(a) possess the PSCO intermediate certificate;

(b) have successfully completed the supervisory course at MLEA or the equivalency as designated by the POST advisory council (minimum first line supervisor-type course) ; and

(c) currently and for one year prior to the date of application have served satisfactorily as a first-level supervisor as attested to by the head of the employing agency.

(2) Public safety communications officers with out-of-state experience and training at the supervisory level who are employed at that level by public safety communications agencies are eligible for the PSCO supervisory certificate if:

(a) they currently and for one year prior to the date of application have served satisfactorily at the supervisory level as attested to by the head of the employing agency;

(b) the council determines their training to be equivalent to the supervisory course, and the officer successfully completes an equivalency test which has been approved by the council and administered by MLEA. Successful passage of the equivalency test means achieving a cumulative score of 75% or more. The council will require those who fail the equivalency test to successfully complete the supervisory course at MLEA; and

(c) successfully complete the legal training school at

MLEA.

(3) A first-level supervisor is a position above the operational level for which commensurate pay is authorized; it is occupied by an officer who, in the upward chain of command, principally is responsible for the direct supervision of employees of an agency or is subject to assignment of such responsibilities.