| (a) Local Juvenile Probation Services Administration.
(1) For each autonomous juvenile probation department,
the juvenile board must employ a chief administrative officer who
meets the standards set forth in Chapter 344 of this title.
(2) When probation services for adult and juvenile
offenders are provided by a single probation office, the juvenile
board must ensure that the juvenile probation department's policies,
programs, and procedures are clearly differentiated.
(b) Referral Ratio. The juvenile probation department
must employ at least one certified juvenile probation officer for
each 100 formal referrals made to the juvenile probation department
annually.
(c) Participation in Community Resource Coordination
Groups. A person designated by the juvenile board must participate
in the system of community resource coordination groups pursuant to
Section 531.055, Government Code.
(d) Notice of Complaint Procedures. The juvenile board
must ensure the English and Spanish signs provided by TJJD relating
to complaint procedures are posted in a public area of:
(1) the juvenile probation department; and
(2) any facility operated by the juvenile board or
by a private entity through a contract with the juvenile board.
(e) Research Studies and Experimentation.
(1) The juvenile board must establish a policy that
prohibits participation by juveniles in research that employs an experimental
design to test a medical, pharmaceutical, or cosmetic product or procedure.
(2) Participation by juveniles in any other kind of
research is prohibited unless:
(A) the research study is approved in writing by the
juvenile board or its designee; and
(B) the juvenile board has established policies that:
(i) govern all authorized research studies;
(ii) prohibit studies that involve medically invasive
procedures; and
(iii) adhere to all federal requirements governing
human subjects and confidentiality.
(3) If the juvenile board authorizes a board member
or staff member to approve research studies on behalf of the board,
the authorization must be in writing.
(4) Approved research studies must adhere to all applicable
policies of the authorizing juvenile board.
(5) Before a research study approved by the juvenile
board begins, the research study must be reported to TJJD in a format
prescribed by TJJD.
(6) Results of a completed study must be made available
to TJJD upon request.
(f) Alternative Referral Plans. If a juvenile board
adopts an alternative referral plan under Section 53.01(d), Family
Code, the board must ensure the most recent version of the plan is
submitted to the TJJD general counsel.
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