37 Tex. Admin. Code § 343.212 - Duties of Facility Administrator
(a)
The facility administrator shall be responsible for the daily operations of the
facility. The facility administrator's office shall be located on the grounds
of the facility. The facility administrator shall not maintain a satellite
office to oversee the daily operations of the facility.
(b) The facility administrator shall
designate a certified juvenile supervision officer to be in charge during the
facility administrator's absence from the facility.
(c) The facility administrator shall develop,
implement, and maintain a policies and procedures manual for the facility and
shall ensure the daily facility practice conforms to the policies and
procedures detailed in the manual.
(d) The facility administrator shall review
the facility's policies and procedures manual at least once each year, no later
than the last day of the calendar month of the previous year's review, and
maintain documentation of this review.
(e) The facility administrator shall make the
policies and procedures manual available to all employees of the
facility.
(f) The facility
administrator shall ensure that each employee of the facility is:
(1) trained on the provisions of the policies
and procedures manual that are relevant to the employee's job functions prior
to beginning service at the facility; and
(2) notified of or given access to, in a
written or electronic format, all changes or modifications to the policies and
procedures manual in a timely manner.
(g) The facility administrator shall maintain
documentation of the training described in subsection (f) of this
section.
(h) The facility
administrator or designee shall ensure that current, accurate, and confidential
personnel records are maintained for each employee, which shall include:
(1) proof of age;
(2) documentation of criminal background
checks conducted as required by Chapter 344 of this title;
(3) the completed application for
employment;
(4) training records;
and
(5) documentation of promotion,
demotion, termination, and other personnel actions.
(i) The facility administrator or chief
administrative officer of a private entity under contract with a governmental
unit in this state shall provide the presiding officer of the juvenile board of
the county in which the facility is located with periodic updates on the
operation of the facility, including the following information to be provided
at least every quarter:
(1) facility
population and capacity reports;
(2) number of serious incidents, by category,
that occurred in the facility;
(3)
number of resident restraints by type (i.e., personal, mechanical, and
chemical);
(4) number of injuries
to residents requiring medical treatment; and
(5) number of injuries to staff requiring
medical treatment.
(j)
The facility administrator or chief administrative officer shall ensure the
accurate and timely submission of statistical data to TJJD in an electronic
format or other format as requested by TJJD.
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