| (a) This subchapter is intended to apply to the administration
of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Certification under the Sexual
Assault Prevention and Crisis Services (SAPCS) Act, Texas Government
Code, Chapter 420.
(b) If good cause is established to show that compliance
with any part of this subchapter may result in an injustice to any
party, these rules may be waived at the discretion of the chief.
(c) The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) may review,
audit, or investigate any information submitted by any individual
or entity pursuant to this subchapter.
(d) This subchapter is intended to effectuate the purpose
of Texas Government Code, Chapter 420 regarding the minimum standards
for the certification, suspension, decertification or probation of
a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE), the standards for examiner
training courses, and for the interstate reciprocity of SANEs.
(e) These are the minimum standards and are not intended
to represent the best possible practices or highest possible standards
of a SANE.
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