Section 748.4843 - What additional pre-service training requirements apply to a caregiver or an employee at a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility (PRYTF)?(a) In addition to the types of pre-service training and hours at § 748.863(a) of this chapter (relating to What are the pre-service training requirements for a caregiver?), a caregiver must complete four hours of suicide prevention training before the caregiver may be counted in the child to caregiver ratio if any individual in the group is receiving psychiatric health treatments and services.(b) In addition to the types of pre-service training and hours at § 748.864(a) of this chapter (relating to What are the pre-service training requirements for an employee?), a child-care administrator, professional level service provider, treatment director, and case manager must complete four hours of suicide prevention training within 90 days of beginning job duties that include: (1) Providing services to or planning services for individuals receiving psychiatric health treatments and services; or(2) Managing or overseeing employees that provide services to or plans services for individuals receiving psychiatric health treatments and services.(c) To meet the pre-service training requirements, the suicide prevention training must meet: (1) The instructor requirements at § 748.869(a) and (b) of this chapter (relating to How must pre-service training be conducted?); and(2) The curriculum requirements at § 748.125(c)(1) of this chapter (relating to What is the model suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy?).(d) A caregiver or employee (child-care administrator, professional level service provider, treatment director, and case manager) does not have to complete the four hours of suicide prevention training if the caregiver or employee has documentation that it was completed during the last 12 months.(e) The PRYTF must document the exemption factor in the appropriate personnel record.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 748.4843
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 40, October 4, 2024, TexReg 8169, eff. 10/15/2024