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TITLE 37PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 11TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 344EMPLOYMENT, CERTIFICATION, AND TRAINING
SUBCHAPTER ETRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
RULE §344.626Required Training Topics for Community Activities Officers

To be eligible for certification, community activities officers must:

  (1) receive training and maintain current certification in:

    (A) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR);

    (B) first aid; and

    (C) the personal restraint technique used by the department, if the department authorizes community activities officers to use personal restraints; and

  (2) receive training in the following topics:

    (A) the policies of the department related to preventing, identifying, and reporting abuse, neglect, and exploitation;

    (B) TJJD code of ethics and TJJD disciplinary procedures;

    (C) trauma-informed care;

    (D) verbal de-escalation policies, procedures, and practices; and

    (E) standards regarding use of personal and mechanical restraints, including prohibited techniques and criteria for use.


Source Note: The provisions of this §344.626 adopted to be effective February 1, 2018, 42 TexReg 5688

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