SECTION 748.867. What caregivers or employees are exempt from certain pre-service training requirements?

(a) A caregiver is exempt from completing the eight hours of general pre-service training if the caregiver has been employed as a caregiver in a general residential operation during the past 12 months.

(b) An employee is exempt from completing the two hours of normalcy training if the employee has:

(1) Been employed by a general residential operation during the past 12 months;

(2) Received training on normalcy during the past 12 months; and

(3) Can document that the training was received.

(c) A caregiver or an employee is exempt from completing the pre-service training for emergency behavior intervention if the caregiver or employee:

(1) Has been employed by a general residential operation during the last 12 months;

(2) Has received emergency behavior intervention training during the past 12 months that meets the required curriculum components of:

(A) §748.887 of this subchapter (relating to If I do not allow the use of emergency behavior intervention, what curriculum components must be included in the pre-service training for emergency behavioral intervention?); or

(B) §748.889 of this subchapter (relating to If I allow the use of emergency behavior intervention, what curriculum components must be included in the pre-service training for emergency behavior intervention?); and

(3) Can demonstrate knowledge and competency of the training material in writing and, if the general residential operation allows the use of emergency behavior intervention, in physical techniques.

(d) You must document the exemption factors in the appropriate personnel record.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.867 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 10393; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective April 25, 2022, 47 TexReg 2248