Hazardous materials enforcement training program

§ 27-0924. Hazardous materials enforcement training program.

1. The department shall formulate and establish, no later than July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five and thereafter from time to time reformulate, a specialized educational program to be known as the "hazardous materials enforcement training program" hereinafter referred to as the "program".

a. The department shall be responsible for administration of the program and shall prescribe the curriculum which shall include, but not be limited to:

(i) a review of the provisions of this title, title three and title thirteen of this article and of title twenty-seven of article seventy-one of this chapter and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(ii) a review of the provisions of title twelve of article thirteen of the public health law and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(iii) a review of the provisions of section fourteen-f of the transportation law and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(iv) a review of the provisions of section three hundred eighty of the vehicle and traffic law and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and

(v) a description of the activities and services of the department.

b. The department shall prepare any written materials necessary or useful for the purposes of the program.

c. In preparing the curriculum for the program, the department shall consult with and receive full cooperation from the commissioners of health, transportation, and motor vehicles, the attorney general, the state fire administrator, and authorized police departments and other authorized law enforcement agencies in the state regarding the particular needs and interests of such departments and agencies relating to the contents of such curriculum.

2. The department shall notify in writing, authorized police departments and other authorized law enforcement agencies in the state of the establishment and availability of the program.