SECTION 34.627. Requirements for Instructors and Training Schools

(a) An instructor must comply with the following requirements:

(1) All training provided by an instructor must be conducted through an approved training school.

(2) The instructor must teach the subjects in the outline of the training course submitted by the training school and approved by the State Fire Marshal's Office.

(b) A training school must comply with the following requirements:

(1) The training school must only use instructors who hold an approval issued by the State Fire Marshal's Office to provide the training in installing, certifying, inspecting, and servicing fire alarm or detection systems in single-family or two-family residences.

(2) The entity responsible for the training school must obtain approval of the outline of each residential fire alarm technician training course from the State Fire Marshal's Office before conducting a class.

(3) The entity responsible for the training school may not be a firm registered through the State Fire Marshal's Office or an affiliate of a registered firm.

(4) A training school may not provide training for a residential fire alarm technician license without being approved by the State Fire Marshal. Training school approvals are not transferable and apply only to the entity specified as the responsible entity on the completed Training School Approval Application, Form No. SF246. The training school may not change the entity responsible for the training school without first applying for and receiving a new approval.

(5) The training school must conduct two or more classes, open to the public, within 125 miles of each county in the state that has a population in excess of 500,000 people according to the last decennial census, within each calendar year from the date the approval is issued.

(c) Any individual or entity that provides general training or instruction relating to fire alarm or detection systems not specific to fulfill a requirement to obtain a license is not required to have an approval.

Source Note: The provisions of this §34.627 adopted to be effective July 5, 2011, 36 TexReg 4111