No person may be readmitted to the basic law enforcement training academy except as provided in this section.

(1) Any request for readmission to any academy must be made and submitted by the individual's employing or sponsoring agency.

(2) Any individual terminated from any academy for academic failure, for disciplinary reasons other than those specified by subsection (3) of this section, or who has voluntarily withdrawn from any academy for any reason, may be readmitted to a subsequent academy session only if:

(a) The head of the individual's current employing agency submits to the commission a written request for readmission of the individual to the academy program, and

(b) The director of the commission or designee is satisfied that any conditions to the individual's readmission specified by the director or designee have been met.

(3) Any person dismissed from any academy for an integrity violation, including but not limited to: Cheating, the commission of a crime, or other violation not constituting disqualifying misconduct as defined in RCW 43.101.010(7), will not be eligible for readmission to any subsequent academy within twenty-four months from the date of dismissal. Such ineligibility will not be affected by any new employment or reemployment during the period of ineligibility specified in the preceding sentence of this subsection.

(4) After the ineligibility period specified in subsection (3) of this section has passed, the person previously dismissed for an integrity violation may be readmitted to a subsequent academy session only if he or she satisfies the conditions of subsection (2) of this section.

(5) For purposes of this section, reserves and volunteers will be deemed to be employees of the agencies which sponsor them for participation in a training academy.