SECTION 343.628. Facility-Wide Ratio  


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  • (a) The facility-wide juvenile supervision officer-to-resident ratio shall not be less than:

    (1) one juvenile supervision officer to every eight residents during program hours; and

    (2) one juvenile supervision officer to:

    (A) every 20 residents during non-program hours if the post-adjudication facility is not located in the same building as a pre-adjudication facility; or

    (B) every 18 residents during non-program hours if the post-adjudication facility is located in the same building as a pre-adjudication facility.

    (b) For a juvenile supervision officer to count in the facility-wide ratio, the officer shall be present on the facility premises at all times.

Source Note: The provisions of this §343.628 adopted to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 7095; amended to be effective January 1, 2015, 39 TexReg 9243