Section 748.4847 - What additional annual training requirements apply to a caregiver or an employee at a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility (PRYTF)?(a) A caregiver providing psychiatric health treatments and services to an individual in a PRYTF must complete 50 annual training hours.(b) In addition to the one hour of annual suicide prevention training required in § 748.125(c) of this chapter (relating to What is the model suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy?):(1) A caregiver must complete four additional hours of annual suicide prevention training for a total of five hours of annual suicide prevention training if the caregiver provides care to an individual receiving psychiatric health treatments and services; and(2) A child-care administrator, professional level service provider, treatment director, and case manager must complete four additional hours of annual suicide prevention training for a total of five hours of annual suicide prevention training if the employee is or will be:(A) Providing services to or planning services for individuals receiving psychiatric health treatments and services; or(B) Managing or overseeing other employees that provide services to or plans services for individuals receiving psychiatric health treatments and services.(c) In addition to the specific types of annual training and hours required in § 748.930(b) of this chapter (relating to What are the annual training requirements for a caregiver?), a caregiver providing psychiatric health treatments and services to an individual must complete two hours of annual training on administering psychotropic medication.(d) In addition to the specific types of annual training and hours required in § 748.931(b) and (c) of this chapter (relating to What are the annual training requirements for an employee), a child-care administrator, professional level service provider, treatment director, and case manager must complete two hours of annual training on administering psychotropic medication if the employee is or will be:(1) Providing services to or planning services for individuals receiving psychiatric health treatments and services; or(2) Managing or overseeing other employees that provide services to or plans services for individuals receiving psychiatric health treatments and services.(e) To meet the annual training requirements, the annual training must meet the requirements in:(1) § 748.935 of this chapter (relating to When must an employee or caregiver complete the annual training?);(2) § 748.937 of this chapter (relating to What types of hours or instruction can be used to complete the annual training requirements?);(3) § 748.941 of this chapter (relating to How must annual training be conducted?);(4) § 748.945 of this chapter (relating to What curriculum components must be included in the annual training for administering psychotropic medication?);(5) § 748.125(c)(1) of this chapter (relating to What is the model suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy?), relating to the curriculum components for suicide prevention training; and(6) § 748.949 of this chapter (relating to What documentation must I maintain for annual training?).26 Tex. Admin. Code § 748.4847
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 40, October 4, 2024, TexReg 8169, eff. 10/15/2024