Section 218.1 - Continuing Education Credit for Licensees(a) A continuing education course is any training course that is recognized by the commission, specifically: (1) legislatively required continuing education curricula and learning objectives developed by the commission;(2) training in excess of basic licensing course requirements;(3) training courses consistent with assigned duties; or(4) training not included in a basic licensing course.(b) A law enforcement agency submitting continuing education courses under the chief administrator's approval through a departmental report of training, must have the following on file and readily accessible to the commission: (2) certificate of completion with hours indicated on the certificate;(3) attendees' critique of the course that includes: (A) written evaluation of the instructor; and(B) an assessment of how this training was applicable to their assigned duties;(4) number of students attending from the agency;(5) copy of course outline (if available); and(6) copy of available handouts.(c) The commission may refuse credit for: (1) a course that does not contain a final examination or other skills test, if appropriate, as determined by the training provider;(2) annual firearms proficiency;(3) an out-of-state course not approved by that state's POST;(4) training that fails to meet any commission established length and published learning objectives;(5) an instructor claiming credit for a basic licensing course or more than one presentation of a non-licensing course by an instructor, per 24 month unit of a training cycle;(6) course(s) claimed by deceitful means;(7) courses provided by the same training provider and taken more than two times within one training unit; or(8) legislatively mandated or certification courses reported by unlicensed or non-contractual training providers.(d) The training provider or agency must report to the commission and keep on file in a format readily accessible to the commission, a copy of all continuing education course training reports.(e) The effective date of this section is February 1, 2014.37 Tex. Admin. Code § 218.1
The provisions of this §218.1 adopted to be effective February 1, 2014, 38 TexReg 9615