(1) To be awarded the detention officer administrative certificate, a person must:

(a) possess the advanced detention officer certificate;

(b) have successfully completed the administrative or management courses at MLEA or the equivalency as designated by the POST advisory council (minimum 80 hour administrative type course) ; and

(c) currently and for a period of 1 year prior to the date of application have served satisfactorily at the administrative or management level of the employing agency.

(2) Detention officers with out-of-state experience and training at the administrative level who are employed at that level by detention/holding facilities are eligible for the detention officer administrative certificate if they:

(a) currently and for a period of 1 year prior to the date of the application have served satisfactorily at the administrative level as attested to by the head of the employing agency, or if the applicant is the head of the employing agency, serving satisfactorily as to the knowledge of the POST advisory council;

(b) have successfully completed an administrative course recognized by the POST advisory council as equivalent to such course requirements in Montana; and

(c) have passed a POST advisory council background review. The council shall review the officer's training, education and experience to determine if the officer meets or exceeds all of the requirements for the administrative certificate. If so, the council may award the certificate. If not, the council shall deny the application and notify the officer as to what is necessary for the officer to meet the requirements.

(3) The administrative or management level is the top position for which commensurate pay is authorized, occupied by an officer who, in the upward chain of command, is either responsible for administering the agency, has broad administrative authority or is subject to assignment of such responsibilities. The officer most commonly is a detention administrator.