Section 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.