40 Tex. Admin. Code § 450.3 - General Provisions
(a) All newly
appointed officers shall be provided a copy of information concerning initial
training and maintenance of certification of training when information is
received indicating an appointment has been made by a county commissioners
court.
(b) Completion of initial
training shall constitute necessary training to issue a certificate of training
for each fiscal year. Officers must complete initial training within one year
from the date of appointment or the effective date of this rule.
(c) Each officer shall be required to earn 12
credit hours each fiscal year to maintain the certificate of training. Credit
hours may be accumulated in one year by completing training provided or
approved by the commission. Credit hours may not be accumulated for the same
subjects within the same fiscal year.
(d) The commission may pay for attendance to
one commission conducted training event per fiscal year to obtain the annual
training requirement. However, if an officer has met the 12 hours required
annually, then the commission shall not pay for the officer to attend
subsequent training events.
(e) All
initial training and continuing training requirements are set and approved by
the commission Claims Department Director or designee. Initial training and
continuing training requirements shall be resubmitted and reevaluated
biennially at a minimum.
(f) Credit
hours may be awarded for completing third party training if the training and
testing is approved by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA).
(g) Acceptance of credit
hours earned through third party training:
(1)
If training is provided by a VA Recognized Veterans Service Organization, whose
accreditation training has been approved by the VA, the commission shall accept
the training credit hours.
(2) For
all other third party training, the organization shall provide the commission
with the following information to allow for the awarding of credit hours to
officers:
(A) name of organization providing
the training;
(B) documentation
from the VA;
(C) course title and
description;
(D) course outline;
and
(E) all course
materials.
(3) Third
party training and testing must be evaluated by the commission Claims
Department Director or designee in accordance with subsection (f) of this
section. The number of credit hours to be awarded for third party training is
determined by review of the third party training curriculum by the commission
Claims Department Director. Review and awarding of credit hours will be
conducted using the curriculum review matrix.
(4) To receive credit hours for third party
training, the training must be approved by the commission in accordance with
paragraph (1) of this subsection prior to the officer's attendance. Officers
must submit a request to the commission containing the following information:
(A) name of the training provider;
(B) title of the course;
(C) certificate or verification of
completion; and
(D) date of
completion.
(h)
After completion of all initial training requirements, a certificate of
training shall be issued each October by the commission to each officer who
completes the required number of credit hours of training and obtains the
minimum required score on the annual certification test.
(i) Inquiries concerning the certification
process shall be directed to and answered by the commission Claims Department
Director. Disputes shall be reviewed and a decision rendered by the commission
Claims Department Director or designee. Disputes which remain unresolved shall
be referred to the executive director of the commission or the executive
director's designee. The decision of the executive director or the executive
director's designee shall be final.
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