37 Tex. Admin. Code § 215.17 - General Contract Procedures and Provisions
(a) Once an application is approved, the
commission and a training provider may enter into a training provider contract
for a term no longer than five years.
(b) To renew a contract, the training
provider must apply to the commission using the current renewal application and
at least six months prior to expiration of a contract.
(c) The commission may renew a training
provider contract for any term deemed appropriate and dependent upon an
evaluation which includes an assessment of the provider's compliance with:
commission standards; terms of the contract; and program performance.
(d) A contract may approve courses and the
number of times they will be offered.
(e) The commission will award training credit
for any course conducted by a training provider unless:
(1) training was not conducted as required by
contract or commission rules;
(2)
courses were not conducted in compliance with other applicable governing
standards, including Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)
guidelines;
(3) training is not
related to a commission license;
(4) an advisory board, academy, training
coordinator, course coordinator, or instructor failed to discharge any
responsibility required by contract or commission rule;
(5) credit was claimed by deceitful or
untruthful means;
(6) distance
education courses of a proprietary nature, equivalency, or the distance
education portion of a basic licensing course were not submitted and approved
under commission distance education guidelines; or
(7) the training provider has not complied
with terms of a contract.
(f) Once under contract, the chief
administrator of the sponsoring organization or the training coordinator must
submit a written report within thirty days of:
(1) any change in the chief administrator or
training coordinator;
(2) any
failure to meet commission rules and standards by the academy, training
coordinator, instructors, or advisory board;
(3) when non-compliance with federal or state
requirements is discovered;
(4) any
change in name, physical location, mailing address, electronic mail address, or
telephone number; or
(5) any change
in the department dean, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or THECB
status for academic alternative training providers.
(g) The effective date of this section is
February 1, 2014.
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