Tex. Occ. Code § 301.306 · Subchapter G. LICENSE RENEWAL
FORENSIC EVIDENCE COLLECTION COMPONENT IN CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) As part of continuing education requirements under Section 301.303, a license holder who is employed to work in an emergency room setting and who is required under board rules to comply with this section shall complete at least two hours of continuing education relating to forensic evidence collection not later than:
(1) September 1, 2008; or
(2) the second anniversary of the initial issuance of a license under this chapter to the license holder.
(b) The continuing education required under Subsection (a) must be part of a program approved under Section 301.303(c).
(c) The board shall adopt rules to identify the license holders who are required to complete continuing education under Subsection (a) and to establish the content of that continuing education. The board may adopt other rules to implement this section, including rules under Section 301.303(c) for the approval of education programs and providers.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 782 (S.B. 39), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.301.htm
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 323.0045BASIC SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EVIDENCE COLLECTION TRAINING.Printed as Section 156.057 or 301.306, Occupations Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 323.0046BASIC SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE POLICY AND TRAINING FOR CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITY PERSONNEL.Printed as Section 156.057 or 301.306, Occupations Code
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