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TITLE 37PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 11TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 343SECURE JUVENILE PRE-ADJUDICATION DETENTION AND POST-ADJUDICATION CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER CSECURE PRE-ADJUDICATION DETENTION FACILITY STANDARDS
RULE §343.486Program Hours

Each facility shall have a written, daily program schedule that outlines the planned activities during program hours.

  (1) Except as noted in paragraph (2) of this section, each resident shall be provided at least ten total hours of structured and unstructured activities each day. Time a resident spends in individual sleeping quarters does not count toward the ten-hour minimum.

  (2) Residents who are in safety-based seclusion, disciplinary seclusion, room restriction, resident-initiated separation, protective isolation, medical isolation, or assessment isolation may receive modification to their program schedule.

  (3) The facility shall maintain documentation of any modification or deviation from the program schedule that results in the cancellation of an activity or deviation of one hour or more from the schedule.


Source Note: The provisions of this §343.486 adopted to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 7095; amended to be effective January 1, 2015, 39 TexReg 9243; amended to be effective June 1, 2016, 40 TexReg 7430 and 41 TexReg 850

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