SECTION 221.35. Firearms Proficiency for Juvenile Probation Officers

(a) To qualify for a firearms proficiency certificate for juvenile probation officers, an applicant must meet the following requirements, including:

(1) current employment as a juvenile probation officer for at least one year by the county juvenile probation department;

(2) active certification as a juvenile probation officer by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;

(3) successful completion of the commission's current firearms training program for juvenile probation officers;

(4) documentation from each chief administrative officer that has authorized the applicant's participation in the juvenile probation officer firearms proficiency training program that the applicant has been subjected to a complete search of local, state and national records to disclose any criminal record or criminal history; and

(5) written documentation from each chief administrative officer that has authorized the applicant's participation in the juvenile probation officer firearms proficiency training program that the applicant has been examined by a psychologist, selected by the current appointing/employing agency, who is licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. The applicant must be declared in writing by that professional to be in satisfactory psychological and emotional health to serve as the type of juvenile probation officer for which the certificate is sought.

(b) The holder of a certificate issued under this section must meet the firearms proficiency requirements at least once every 12 months.

(c) Certificates issued under this section expire two years from the date of issuance. Within forty-five days of the expiration of a certificate, a juvenile probation officer may apply for the issuance of a renewal. Juvenile probation officers must meet the requirements in subsections (a)(1), (a)(2) and (b) of this section in order to renew the certificate.

(d) The effective date of this section is April 12, 2012.

Source Note: The provisions of this §221.35 adopted to be effective January 14, 2010, 34 TexReg 9480; amended to be effective July 15, 2010, 35 TexReg 5581; amended to be effective April 12, 2012, 37 TexReg 2085