The proposed rule amendments provide individuals who did not maintain their firefighter certificates of compliance under the law as it existed prior to recent amendments the opportunity to both be placed on probation in lieu of having their certificates revoked and to become compliant by completing the Minimum Standards Course examination. The proposed rule also creates the new 40-hour refresher course that was added to the law by the recent legislation as one of the options that firefighters certified on or after July 1, 2013, can utilize in order to retain their certificates of compliance.