SECTION 810.66. Standards for Adult Female Sex Offenders

Licensees shall subscribe and adhere to the following tenets regarding female sex offenders:

(1) The treatment of female sex offenders shall balance treatment issues with offender accountability to the victims and the community at large.

(2) Licensees shall recognize the female sex offenders may experience deviant sexual arousal that can lead to sexual abuse and that female sex offenders may experience sexual pleasure from the offending behavior.

(3) Female sex offenders shall be assessed for deviant sexual interest and arousal using appropriate measures.

(4) Licensees shall communicate and exchange information with the Department of Family Protective Services-Child Protective Services, Child Care Licensing, and with appropriate agencies regarding the safety of a child or children in the primary residence in which a sex offender resides.

(5) Treatment of female sex offenders shall be responsive to any abuse history as with males and responsive to gender issues.

(6) In assessing and treating female sex offenders, licensees shall refer to the appropriate rules in §§810.62, 810.63, and 810.64 of this title (relating to Standards of Practice).

Source Note: The provisions of this §810.66 adopted to be effective October 22, 2006, 31 TexReg 8520; amended to be effective April 24, 2011, 36 TexReg 2396; amended to be effective October 1, 2015, 40 TexReg 6748