Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
TITLE 26. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
PART 1. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
CHAPTER 748. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS |
SUBCHAPTER F. TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
DIVISION 4. PRE-SERVICE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING |
SECTION 748.869. How must pre-service training be conducted?
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(a) Instructor-led training and self-instructional training must include: (1) Specifically stated learning objectives; (2) An evaluation or assessment tool to determine whether the person has obtained the information necessary to meet the stated objectives; and (3) A certificate, letter, or a signed and dated statement of successful completion from the training source. (b) Pre-service training must be provided by an instructor who: (1) Holds a generally recognized credential; or (2) Possesses documented knowledge or experience relevant to the training the instructor will provide. (c) Training on administering psychotropic medication must be instructor-led, as defined §748.801(3) of this subchapter (relating to What do certain words and terms mean in this subchapter?). The instructor must be a health-care professional or pharmacist. (d) Training on emergency behavior intervention must: (1) Be instructor-led with each instructor certified in a recognized method of emergency behavior intervention or otherwise able to document knowledge of: (A) Emergency behavior intervention; (B) The course material; (C) Methods for delivering the training, including physical techniques for restraints, if applicable; and (D) Methods for evaluating and assessing a participant's knowledge and competency of the training material and physical techniques, if applicable; (2) Be competency-based; and (3) At the end of the training, require each participant to demonstrate knowledge and competency of the training material: (A) In writing; and (B) If the general residential operation allows the use of emergency behavior intervention, by demonstrating each physical technique the participant is allowed to use. Source Note: The provisions of this §748.869 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