26 Tex. Admin. Code § 558.260 - Continuing Education in Administration of Agencies
(a) In addition to the qualifications and
conditions described in §558.244 of this division (relating to
Administrator Qualifications and Conditions and Supervising Nurse
Qualifications), an administrator and alternate administrator must complete 12
clock hours of continuing education within each 12-month period beginning with
the date of designation. The 12 clock hours of continuing education must
include at least two of the following topics and may include other topics
related to the duties of an administrator:
(1) any one of the educational training
subjects listed in §558.259(d) of this division (relating to Initial
Educational Training in Administration of Agencies);
(2) development and interpretation of agency
policies;
(3) basic principles of
management in a licensed health-related setting;
(4) ethics;
(5) quality improvement;
(6) risk assessment and management;
(7) financial management;
(8) skills for working with clients,
families, and other professional service providers;
(9) community resources; or
(10) marketing.
(b) This subsection applies only to an agency
administrator or alternate administrator designated as an agency administrator
or alternate administrator before December 1, 2006, who has not served as an
administrator or alternate administrator for 180 days or more immediately
preceding the date of designation. Within the first 12 months after the date of
designation, at least eight of the 12 clock hours of continuing education must
include the topics listed in §558.259(c) of this division. The remaining
four hours of continuing education must include topics related to the duties of
an administrator and may include the topics listed in subsection (a) of this
section.
(c) Documentation of
administrator and alternate administrator continuing education must:
(1) be on file at the agency; and
(2) contain the name of the class or
workshop, the topics covered, and the hours and dates of the
training.
(d) An
administrator or alternate administrator must not apply the HHSC Presurvey
Training toward the continuing education requirements in this
section.
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