Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 161.083 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT
CORRECTIONS MEDICATION AIDES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The executive commissioner shall establish:
(1) minimum standards and procedures for the approval of corrections medication aide training programs, including curricula, developed under Section 501.1485, Government Code;
(2) minimum requirements for the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension, and revocation of a permit to a corrections medication aide, including the payment of an application or renewal fee in an amount necessary to cover the costs incurred by the department in administering this section; and
(3) the acts and practices that are within and outside the scope of a permit issued under this section.
(b) Not later than the 90th day after receipt of an application for approval of a corrections medication aide training program developed under Section 501.1485, Government Code, the department shall:
(1) approve the program, if the program meets the minimum standards and procedures established under Subsection (a)(1); or
(2) provide notice to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that the program is not approved and include in the notice a description of the actions that are required for the program to be approved.
(c) The department shall issue a permit to or renew the permit of an applicant who meets the minimum requirements established under Subsection (a)(2). The department shall coordinate with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in the performance of the department's duties and functions under this subsection.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 65.06, eff. September 28, 2011.
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