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"Electronic security technician's assistant" means an individual who works as a laborer under the supervision of the electronic security technician in the course of his normal duties, but who may not make connections to any electronic security equipment.
"Employed" means to be in an employer/employee relationship where the employee is providing work in exchange for compensation and the employer directly controls the employee's conduct and pays some taxes on behalf of the employee. The term "employed" shall not be construed to include independent contractors.
"End user" means any person who purchases or leases electronic security equipment for use in that person's home or business.
"Firearms training verification" means the verification of successful completion of either initial or retraining requirements for handgun or shotgun training, or both.
"General public" means individuals who have access to areas open to all and not restricted to any particular class of the community.
“Key cutting” means making duplicate keys from an existing key and includes no other locksmith services.
"License number" means the official number issued to a private security services business licensed by the Department.
“Locksmith” means any individual that performs locksmith services, or advertises or represents to the general public that the individual is a locksmith even if the specific term locksmith is substituted with any other term by which a reasonable person could construe that the individual possesses special skills relating to locks or locking devices, including use of the words lock technician, lockman, safe technician, safeman, boxman, unlocking technician, lock installer, lock opener, physical security technician or similar descriptions.
"Locksmith services” mean selling, servicing, rebuilding, repairing, rekeying, repinning, changing the combination to an electronic or mechanical locking device; programming either keys to a device or the device to accept electronic controlled keys; originating keys for locks or copying keys; adjusting or installing locks or deadbolts, mechanical or electronic locking devices, egress control devices, safes, and vaults; opening, defeating or bypassing locks or latching mechanisms in a manner other than intended by the manufacturer; with or without compensation for the general public or on property not his own nor under his own control or authority.
"Natural person" means an individual person.
"Personal protection specialist" means any individual who engages in the duties of providing close protection from bodily harm to any person.
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