SECTION 354.3251. Certification Entity Minimum Requirements

A certification entity must have:

(1) experience licensing or certifying a professional or paraprofessional group;

(2) documented application procedures for each certification type;

(3) documented procedures for certification renewal of peer specialists and peer specialist supervisors;

(4) documented procedures for investigating complaints and taking action against a certified person or training entity, as needed;

(5) documented procedures for processing appeals or grievances;

(6) documented procedures for determining reciprocity with another state's peer specialist or peer specialist supervisor certification;

(7) a documented fee policy;

(8) documented procedures for taking each possible action on a certification, including late renewal, expiration, inactive status, suspension, revocation, and voluntary relinquishment;

(9) documented procedures for initial certification and renewal criminal history and registry checks, per §354.3201 of this subchapter (relating to Criminal History and Registry Checks);

(10) documented policy and procedures for an exception process for background checks, per §354.3201(l) of this subchapter, if the certification entity plans to offer an exception process;

(11) documented procedures for monitoring approved training entities; and

(12) a plan for professional translation of application and certification renewal documents into prevalent languages.

Source Note: The provisions of this §354.3251 adopted to be effective January 1, 2019, 43 TexReg 8573