2. a. Any person who successfully completes a course at a county fire academy shall receive county college credit for the course if: the county college determines after a review of the curriculum of the course offered by the county fire academy that the curriculum is similar to the curriculum of a course offered in the county college's fire science program; and upon completion of the course, the person successfully completes an examination approved by the county college. The county college shall waive any credit-by-exam fee the college may charge.
b. The county fire academy and county college of a county shall work jointly to identify courses at the county fire academy which offer a curriculum similar to that of courses included in the county college's fire science program.