Section 344.800 - Positions Requiring Certification(a) Chief administrative officers must maintain an active certification as a juvenile probation officer.(b) Facility administrators must maintain an active certification as a juvenile supervision officer.(c) Supervisors in the direct chain of supervision over juvenile probation officers must maintain an active certification as a juvenile probation officer.(d) Supervisors in the direct chain of supervision over juvenile supervision officers must be certified as a juvenile probation officer and/or juvenile supervision officer.(e) Supervisors in the direct chain of supervision over community activities officers must maintain an active certification as one or more of the following: juvenile probation officer, juvenile supervision officer, or community activities officer.(f) Juvenile probation officers, including any staff member whose position may require temporarily performing the duties of a juvenile probation officer, must maintain an active certification as a juvenile probation officer.(g) Juvenile supervision officers, including any staff member whose position may require temporarily performing the duties of a juvenile supervision officer, must maintain an active certification as a juvenile supervision officer.(h) An individual who is employed by a juvenile justice program and whose position may require supervising juveniles in a non-secure setting within a juvenile justice program must maintain an active certification as a community activities officer, except as noted in subsection (i) of this section.(i) Juvenile probation officers and juvenile supervision officers, as defined by this chapter, do not require certification as a community activities officer.(j) Nothing in this chapter is intended to require professionals who are providing services in their professional capacity to obtain certification from TJJD. For purposes of this chapter, providing services in a professional capacity is not considered supervising juveniles.37 Tex. Admin. Code § 344.800
The provisions of this §344.800 adopted to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 4191; amended to be effective April 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 2127; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 41, October 13, 2017, TexReg 5701, eff. 2/1/2018