Conditional Recertification

(1) The division of certification shall conditionally recertify an officer if the officer is unable to meet the standards for recertification solely due to circumstances beyond the officer's control and which are attributable to the officer's employing agency, the municipal police training committee, or the commission. The division of certification may conditionally recertify an officer in other appropriate circumstances including, but not limited to, where: (a) The officer's application for recertification is substantially complete and does not reveal any basis for denying recertification, but certain additional details need to be supplied or certain information needs to be verified; (b) The officer was unable to satisfy a requirement for recertification because the officer was on approved leave during the relevant time or because of another valid reason; (c) The officer has experienced a demonstrable hardship which has interfered directly with the officer's ability to meet a requirement for recertification; or (d) The officer has taken all required steps in connection with the recertification process, but circumstances beyond the officer's control have delayed a final decision on the officer's application. An officer shall not be required to satisfy any conditions attached to a conditional recertification, nor shall any time periods associated with any such conditions begin to elapse, before the conclusion of any review or hearing, or the expiration of the time afforded for the officer to seek such review or hearing, pursuant to 555 CMR 7.10. (4) Change in Certification Status. (a) When an officer fails to satisfy a condition of a conditional recertification within the time allowed, taking into account the provisions of 555 CMR 7.04(3), the division of certification shall terminate the officer's certification, unless good cause for an extension of time for the officer to satisfy the condition has been shown. (b) When an officer satisfies all conditions of a conditional recertification within the time allowed, taking into account the provisions of 555 CMR 7.04(3), and the commission has not otherwise limited, restricted, or suspended the officer's certification, the division of certification shall convert the conditional recertification into a full certification with an expiration date of three calendar years from the reference date for the officer. (5) In all other respects, an officer who holds a conditional certification is "certified," as that term is used in M.G.L. c. 6E.