§103D-110  Education and training.  (a) 
The department of human resources development, either alone or in cooperation
with any governmental body, including the department of labor and industrial
relations, or in cooperation with other states, the federal government, or
other persons may:



(1)  Conduct or participate in procurement education
and training for persons not employed by the State; and



(2)  Sponsor a purchasing certification program
conducted by a voluntary organization of procurement professionals.



(b)  The state procurement office, in
cooperation with the department of human resources development, shall develop
and maintain a procurement practices training and development program for
procurement officers of the State and the several counties, to ensure that an
agency's procurement practices are in compliance with the procurement code and
that proper procurement decisions are made consistent with this chapter.  The
program shall include a mandatory fundamental training and development session
and follow-up training and development sessions.



(c)  Each state procurement officer of a
department of the executive branch shall attend a mandatory fundamental
training and development session within sixty days of being appointed or named
to the position of procurement officer.



(d)  Each state procurement officer of a
department of the executive branch whom the state procurement office determines
is in need of further training and development based upon:



(1)  The history of procurement compliance to this chapter
by the agency to which the particular procurement officer is attached; or



(2)  Any other need for training and development,



shall attend follow-up training and development
sessions.



(e)  Attendance by state procurement officers
at the follow-up training and development sessions, other than as required
under subsection (d), and by county procurement officials at the fundamental
and follow-up training and development sessions is optional, though encouraged.
[L Sp 1993, c 8, pt of §2; am L 1994, c 56, §§1, 22; am L 2008, c 194, §1]