West Virginia Code
Article 14B. Civil Service for Correctional Officers
§7-14B-16. Training and Retraining Programs for All Correctional Officers Required

(a) The civil service commission of any such county shall establish or prescribe a training program which every correctional officer first appointed a correctional officer of such county on or after the effective date of this article must satisfactorily complete during his probationary period.
(b) The civil service commission of any such county shall also establish or prescribe retraining programs of at least sixteen hours which every correctional officer, whether such correctional officer was first appointed before or after the effective date of this article, must satisfactorily complete annually after the effective date of this article, in order to continue as a correctional officer of such county.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers

Article 14B. Civil Service for Correctional Officers

§7-14B-1. Appointments and Promotions of Correctional Officers

§7-14B-2. Definitions; Population

§7-14B-3. Civil Service Commission

§7-14B-4. Clerk of Commission

§7-14B-5. Office and Supplies for Commission; Appropriations Required

§7-14B-6. Powers and Duties of Commission

§7-14B-7. Rules and Regulations of Commission; Notice and Distribution Thereof; Probationary Period for Appointees

§7-14B-8. Form of Application; Age Requirements; Exceptions

§7-14B-9. Character and Notice of Competitive Examinations; Qualifications of Applicants; Competitive Examinations to Be Prescribed by State Civil Service Commission; Press Representatives; Posting Eligible List; Medical Examinations; Exceptions as t...

§7-14B-10. Refusal to Examine or Certify; Review Thereof

§7-14B-11. Appointments From Eligible List

§7-14B-12. Noncompetitive Examination for Filling Vacancy; Provisional Appointment

§7-14B-13. Vacancies Filled by Promotions; Eligibility for Promotion

§7-14B-14. No Inquiry Shall Be Made Concerning Political or Religious Opinions or Affiliations of Applicants, etc.

§7-14B-15. Political Activity of Correctional Officers Prohibited; Petition for Vacating Appointment; Action on Petition; Appeal

§7-14B-16. Training and Retraining Programs for All Correctional Officers Required

§7-14B-17. Removal, Discharge, Suspension or Reduction in Rank or Pay; Appeal; Reduction in Force; Mandatory Retirement Age

§7-14B-18. Vacations for Correctional Officers

§7-14B-18a. Correctional Officers Who Are Required to Work During Holidays; How Compensated

§7-14B-19. Sick Leave

§7-14B-20. Offenses and Penalties

§7-14B-21. County Commission of Counties With a Population of Less Than 25,000 May Place Correctional Officers Under Civil Service; Protest and Election With Respect Thereto

§7-14B-22. Inconsistent Acts Repealed; Once Established Civil Service Remains Mandatory

§7-14B-23. Severability