1. (a) In order to become an approved trainer, a health practitioner must be appropriately licensed under state law and successfully complete the department-approved trainer certification course consisting of a minimum of four hours of instruction by department staff that includes:

   1. (1) legal requirements in spinal screening;
   2. (2) workshop outline and materials to be used;
   3. (3) an update on the latest advances in the management of spinal deformity;
   4. (4) spinal screening program requirements;
   5. (5) approaches to spinal screening training; and
   6. (6) the role of the different health practitioners in spinal screening.
2. (b) The individual must have a minimum of two years of school spinal-screening experience.
3. (c) A certificate verifying trainer status will be issued upon successful completion of the requirements stated in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
4. (d) In order to maintain trainer status, the individual must successfully complete each updated continuing education course provided by the program upon notification of the availability of such a course.

5. (e) All screener certification, screener recertification, and trainer certification workshops must be approved by the department prior to the training session. The criteria which the department will consider for approval are submission of:

   1. (1) department's request for spinal screening training workshop form; and
   2. (2) verification by the department that the trainer conducting the workshop is department-certified.
6. (f) Once approved, the department may provide instructional materials, as they are available, to the approved instructors.

Source Note:The provisions of this §37.145 adopted to be effective March 21, 1986, 11 TexReg 1145; amended to be effective August 1, 2002, 27 TexReg 3157; amended to be effective September 17, 2008, 33 TexReg 7747.