| (a) To qualify for a firearms proficiency certificate
for juvenile probation officers, an applicant must meet the following
requirements, including:
(1) current employment as a juvenile probation officer
for at least one year by the county juvenile probation department;
(2) active certification as a juvenile probation officer
by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
(3) successful completion of the commission's current
firearms training program for juvenile probation officers;
(4) documentation from each chief administrative officer
that has authorized the applicant's participation in the juvenile
probation officer firearms proficiency training program that the applicant
has been subjected to a complete search of local, state and national
records to disclose any criminal record or criminal history; and
(5) written documentation from each chief administrative
officer that has authorized the applicant's participation in the juvenile
probation officer firearms proficiency training program that the applicant
has been examined by a psychologist, selected by the current appointing/employing
agency, who is licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
The applicant must be declared in writing by that professional to
be in satisfactory psychological and emotional health to serve as
the type of juvenile probation officer for which the certificate is
sought.
(b) The holder of a certificate issued under this section
must meet the firearms proficiency requirements at least once every
12 months.
(c) Certificates issued under this section expire two
years from the date of issuance. Within forty-five days of the expiration
of a certificate, a juvenile probation officer may apply for the issuance
of a renewal. Juvenile probation officers must meet the requirements
in subsections (a)(1), (a)(2) and (b) of this section in order to
renew the certificate.
(d) The effective date of this section is April 12,
2012.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §221.35 adopted to be effective January 14, 2010, 34 TexReg 9480; amended to be effective July 15, 2010, 35 TexReg 5581; amended to be effective April 12, 2012, 37 TexReg 2085 |
