(a) Chief administrative officers must maintain an
active certification as a juvenile probation officer.
(b) Facility administrators must maintain an active
certification as a juvenile supervision officer.
(c) Supervisors in the direct chain of supervision
over juvenile probation officers must maintain an active certification
as a juvenile probation officer.
(d) Supervisors in the direct chain of supervision
over juvenile supervision officers must be certified as a juvenile
probation officer and/or juvenile supervision officer.
(e) Supervisors in the direct chain of supervision
over community activities officers must maintain an active certification
as one or more of the following: juvenile probation officer, juvenile
supervision officer, or community activities officer.
(f) Juvenile probation officers, including any staff
member whose position may require temporarily performing the duties
of a juvenile probation officer, must maintain an active certification
as a juvenile probation officer.
(g) Juvenile supervision officers, including any staff
member whose position may require temporarily performing the duties
of a juvenile supervision officer, must maintain an active certification
as a juvenile supervision officer.
(h) An individual who is employed by a juvenile justice
program and whose position may require supervising juveniles in a
non-secure setting within a juvenile justice program must maintain
an active certification as a community activities officer, except
as noted in subsection (i) of this section.
(i) Juvenile probation officers and juvenile supervision
officers, as defined by this chapter, do not require certification
as a community activities officer.
(j) Nothing in this chapter is intended to require
professionals who are providing services in their professional capacity
to obtain certification from TJJD. For purposes of this chapter, providing
services in a professional capacity is not considered supervising
juveniles.
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