Section 450.3 - General Provisions(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;(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;(C) certificate or verification of completion; and(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.40 Tex. Admin. Code § 450.3
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 by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 21, May 25, 2018, TexReg 3481, eff. 6/3/2018; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 08, February 22, 2019, TexReg 0870, eff. 2/28/2019; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 34, August 23, 2019, TexReg 4514, eff. 8/29/2019; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 34, August 25, 2023, TexReg 4672, eff. 8/31/2023