| (1) Newly hired direct care staff certifications. Direct
care staff working in a residential facility shall be required to
complete the following types of training and obtain the required certifications
within one year of their initial hire date as follows:
(A) Training in ethics, discrimination, and sexual
harassment;
(B) Certification in first aid procedures, cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) procedures, and HIV/AIDS education. Direct care
staff shall maintain certification in first aid procedures, CPR procedures,
and HIV/AIDS education in accordance with the training authority's
guidelines for frequency of training and certification in first aid
procedures, CPR procedures, and HIV/AIDS education;
(C) Residential staff certification training offered
by the CJAD; and
(D) A defensive driving course and provide certification
of completion with a passing grade from the course provider to the
CSCD director or designee. Direct care staff shall take defensive
driving courses in accordance with the training authority's guidelines
for frequency of training and certification in defensive driving.
(2) Direct care staff working in a residential facility
shall be required to complete professional training as follows:
(A) All residential direct care staff, including contract
staff, with less than four years of experience at the close of business
on August 31st of any biennium, shall be required to complete a minimum
of 40 hours of documented professional training per biennium.
(B) A minimum of 20 professional training hours per
biennium shall be specific to the needs of the offender population
served by the facility.
(C) Up to 20 hours in excess of the 40 required professional
training hours may be carried over to the next biennium.
(3) Direct care residential staff with four or more
years of experience at the close of business on August 31st of any
biennium, regardless of when the four years of experience is achieved,
shall complete at least 20 documented hours of professional training
each biennium.
(A) For purposes of this section, experience may include
up to two years of prior employment as a correctional officer or direct
care staff in a juvenile facility, jail, parole facility, state jail
facility, prison, private vendor residential facility, or similar
work in another state. At least two of the required four years of
experience shall have been as a full-time, wage-earning direct care
staff member in a CCF funded by the TDCJ CJAD in Texas. The required
four years of experience is not required to be continuous.
(B) The reduced number of hours of required professional
training for the direct care residential staff who have at least four
years of experience shall not affect or reduce the training requirements
regarding CPR, first aid, or defensive driving. A maximum of 10 hours
earned in excess of the 20 required professional training hours may
be carried over to the next biennium. Direct care residential staff
who fail to complete the required 20 hours of training within a biennium
shall not serve as direct care residential staff until the required
hours are completed.
(j) Maintenance of records. Each CSCD director shall
have a written policy that requires the maintenance of training records
for each professional staff or direct care staff employee and contract
staff member. The CSCD director or designee shall ensure that training
records for staff identified in this rule are maintained and available
for CJAD auditors. Those records shall include:
(1) The number of professional training hours completed
and the dates of the training;
(2) The specific training programs attended with supporting
documentation;
(3) The specific certifications obtained with supporting
documentation;
(4) The number of completed professional training hours
certified in writing by the CSCD director or designee as professional
training; and
(5) The number of professional training hours carried
over from one biennium to the next biennium in accordance with these
rules.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §163.33 adopted to be effective March 1, 1993, 18 TexReg 944; amended to be effective August 16, 1995, 20 TexReg 5799; amended to be effective October 13, 1997, 22 TexReg 9896; amended to be effective June 20, 2002, 27 TexReg 5220; amended to be effective April 17, 2008, 33 TexReg 2961; amended to be effective April 28, 2013, 38 TexReg 2512; amended to be effective July 11, 2019, 44 TexReg 3438; amended to be effective July 16, 2020, 45 TexReg 4778 |
