37 Tex. Admin. Code § 431.5 - Minimum Standards for Intermediate Arson Investigator Certification
(a) Applicants for Intermediate Arson
Investigator Certification must complete the following requirements:
(1) hold as a prerequisite a Basic Arson
Investigator Certification as defined in §
431.3 of this title (relating to
Minimum Standards for Basic Arson Investigator Certification); and
(2) acquire a minimum of four years of fire
protection experience and complete the requirements listed in one of the
following options:
(A) Option 1--Successfully
complete six semester hours of fire science or fire technology from an approved
Fire Protection Degree Program and submit documentation as required by the
commission that the courses comply with subsections (b) and (c) of this
section; or
(B) Option
2--Completion of coursework from either the A-List or the B-List courses.
Acceptable combinations of courses are as follows: two A-List courses; or eight
B-List courses; or one A-List course and four B-List courses (See the exception
outlined in subsection (c) of this section); or
(C) Option 3--Completion of coursework from
either the A-List or the B-List courses in combination with college courses in
fire science or fire protection. Acceptable combinations of courses are three
semester hours meeting the requirements of Option 1 with either one A-List
course or four B-List courses (See the exception outlined in subsection (c) of
this section); or
(D) Option
4--Hold current Intermediate Peace Officer certification from the Texas
Commission on Law Enforcement with four additional law enforcement courses
applicable for fire investigations (See exception outlined in subsection (c) of
this section).
(b) Non-traditional credit awarded at the
college level, such as credit for experience or credit by examination obtained
from attending any school in the commission's Certification Curriculum Manual
or for experience in the fire service, may not be counted toward this level of
certification.
(c) The training
required in this section must be in addition to any training used to qualify
for any lower level of Arson Investigator Certification. Repeating a course or
a course of similar content cannot be used towards this level of
certification.
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