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SECTION 875-E
Employee training
General Business (GBS) CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 39-BB
§ 875-e. Employee training. 1. Every dealer shall provide the training
developed by the superintendent pursuant to subdivision two of this
section to all new employees within thirty days of employment, to all
existing employees within ninety days of the effective date of this
section, and to all employees annually thereafter.

2. The superintendent shall develop and make available to each dealer,
a training course in the conduct of firearm, rifle, and shotgun
transfers including at a minimum the following:

(a) Federal and state laws governing firearm, rifle, and shotgun
transfers.

(b) How to recognize, identify, respond, and report straw purchases,
illegal purchases, and fraudulent activity.

(c) How to recognize, identify, respond, and report an individual who
intends to use a firearm, rifle, or shotgun for unlawful purposes,
including self-harm.

(d) How to prevent, respond, and report theft or burglary of firearms,
rifles, shotguns, and ammunition.

(e) How to educate customers on rules of gun safety, including but not
limited to the safe handling and storage of firearms, rifles, shotguns
and ammunition.

(f) Such other topics the superintendent deems necessary and
appropriate.

3. No employee or agent of any retail dealer shall participate in the
sale or disposition of firearms, rifles, or shotguns unless such person
is at least twenty-one years of age and has first received the training
required by this section. The superintendent shall promulgate
regulations setting forth minimum requirements for the maintenance of
records of such training.