SECTION 404.165. Staff Training in Rights of Persons Receiving Mental Health Services

This subchapter shall be thoroughly and periodically explained to all employees of each department facility, community center, and psychiatric hospital as follows.

(1) All new employees shall receive the instruction on the content of this subchapter during their orientation training and prior to beginning work.

(2) Within 60 days after the effective date of this subchapter, all current employees shall be briefed on its contents by the head of the department facility, community center, or psychiatric hospital or designee.

(3) All supervisory personnel shall have a continuing responsibility to keep employees informed about rules governing rights of persons receiving mental health services and shall ensure that each employee receives training on the subject not less than once each calendar year. At department facilities and community centers, such training shall be reported to the department facility or community center's office for staff development. Psychiatric hospitals shall develop an appropriate means for maintaining training records.

(4) A record shall be kept by the psychiatric hospital or the department facility or community center's office for staff development on each employee receiving orientation, annual training, or additional instruction in compliance with this section, including the date training was provided and the name of the individual conducting the training.

Source Note: The provisions of this §404.165 adopted to be effective December 10, 1993, 18 TexReg 8790