| (a) All newly appointed officers shall be provided
a copy of information concerning initial training and maintenance
of certification of training when information is received indicating
an appointment has been made by a county commissioners court.
(b) Completion of initial training shall constitute
necessary training to issue a certificate of training for each fiscal
year. Officers must complete initial training within one year from
the date of appointment or the effective date of this rule.
(c) Each officer shall be required to earn 12 credit
hours each fiscal year to maintain the certificate of training. Credit
hours may be accumulated in one year by completing training provided
or approved by the commission. Credit hours may not be accumulated
for the same subjects within the same fiscal year.
(d) The commission may pay for attendance to one commission
conducted training event per fiscal year to obtain the annual training
requirement. However, if an officer has met the 12 hours required
annually, then the commission shall not pay for the officer to attend
subsequent training events.
(e) All initial training and continuing training requirements
are set and approved by the commission Claims Department Director
or designee. Initial training and continuing training requirements
shall be resubmitted and reevaluated biennially at a minimum.
(f) Credit hours may be awarded for completing third
party training if the training and testing is approved by the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
(g) Acceptance of credit hours earned through third
party training:
(1) If training is provided by a VA Recognized Veterans
Service Organization, whose accreditation training has been approved
by the VA, the commission shall accept the training credit hours.
(2) For all other third party training, the organization
shall provide the commission with the following information to allow
for the awarding of credit hours to officers:
(A) name of organization providing the training;
(B) documentation from the VA;
(C) course title and description;
(D) course outline; and
(E) all course materials.
(3) Third party training and testing must be evaluated
by the commission Claims Department Director or designee in accordance
with subsection (f) of this section. The number of credit hours to
be awarded for third party training is determined by review of the
third party training curriculum by the commission Claim Department
Director. Review and awarding of credit hours will be conducted using
the curriculum review matrix.
(4) To receive credit hours for third party training,
the training must be approved by the commission in accordance with
paragraph (1) of this subsection prior to the officer's attendance.
Officers must submit a request to the commission containing the following
information:
(A) name of the training provider;
(B) title of the course;
(C) certificate or verification of completion; and
(D) date of completion.
(h) After completion of all initial training requirements,
a certificate of training shall be issued each October by the commission
to each officer who completes the required number of credit hours
of training and obtains the minimum required score on the annual certification
test.
(i) Inquiries concerning the certification process
shall be directed to and answered by the commission Claims Department
Director. Disputes shall be reviewed and a decision rendered by the
commission Claims Department Director or designee. Disputes which
remain unresolved shall be referred to the executive director of the
commission or the executive director's designee. The decision of the
executive director or the executive director's designee shall be final.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §450.3 adopted to be effective January 1, 1991, 15 TexReg 7374; amended to be effective March 7, 2013, 38 TexReg 1374; amended to be effective June 3, 2018, 43 TexReg 3481; amended to be effective February 28, 2019, 44 TexReg 870; amended to be effective August 29, 2019, 44 TexReg 4513; amended to be effective August 31, 2023, 48 TexReg 4672 |
