Texas Administrative Code › Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE › Part 15 - TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION › Chapter 450 - VETERANS COUNTY SERVICE OFFICERS CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING › Section 450.3 - General Provisions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(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
				Claims 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.