Purpose: WAC 139-10-212 Physical requirements for admission to basic corrections academies, this language change is being made because the Juvenile Security Workers Academy's name was changed to the Juvenile Corrections Officers Academy in September 2004.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending 1 [WAC 139-10-212].

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.101.080.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-15-107 on July 18, 2005.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: September 14, 2005.

Sonja Hirsch

for Cheryl Price

Accreditation Manager

OTS-8119.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 00-17-017, filed 8/4/00, effective 9/4/00)

WAC 139-10-212   Physical requirements for admission to basic corrections academies.   Each successful applicant for admission to a basic corrections officers or juvenile ((security workers)) corrections officers academy sponsored or conducted by the ((Washington state criminal justice training)) commission ((shall)) must possess good health and physical capability to actively and fully participate in defensive tactics training and other required physical activities. In order to minimize risk of injury and maximize the benefit of such participation, each trainee in any academy session ((shall)) must, as a precondition of his or her academy attendance, demonstrate a requisite level of physical fitness, as established by the ((training)) commission.

     For this purpose, each academy applicant ((shall)) must be evaluated in the assessment areas of aerobic capacity, strength, and flexibility, in accordance with the requirements and procedures established by the ((Training)) commission. Such evaluation ((shall)) will be based upon composite performance ratings in the overall assessment as established by the commission.

     Failure to demonstrate a requisite level of fitness within the overall assessment will result in ineligibility for academy attendance and completion.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.101.080. 00-17-017, § 139-10-212, filed 8/4/00, effective 9/4/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.101.080(2). 91-14-010, § 139-10-212, filed 6/24/91, effective 7/25/91; 91-01-044, § 139-10-212, filed 12/12/90, effective 7/1/91.]

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