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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER F - TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SECTION/RULE §749.867 - What caregivers or employees are exempt from certain pre-service training requirements?
Chapter Review Date 06/19/2024

(a) A caregiver is exempt from completing the eight hours of general pre-service training if the caregiver has been a caregiver for a residential child-care operation during the past 12 months.(b) A caregiver or employee is exempt from completing the two hours of normalcy training if the foster parent or employee has:(1) Been a caregiver for or employed by a residential child-care 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 employee is exempt from completing the pre-service training for emergency behavior intervention if the caregiver or employee:(1) Has been a caregiver for or employed by a residential child-care operation during the past 12 months;(2) Has received emergency behavior intervention training during the past 12 months that meets the required curriculum components of the following applicable rule:(A) §749.887 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 behavior intervention?); or(B) §749.889 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 child-placing agency allows the use of emergency behavior intervention, in physical techniques.(d) You must document the exemption factors in the appropriate foster home record or personnel record.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.867 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective June 27, 2021, 46 TexReg 3525.

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