1. (a) All full-time or part-time employees of a fire department or local government who are assigned duties identified as fire protection personnel duties must be certified by the Commission in the discipline(s) to which they are assigned within one year of their assignment to the duties or within two years of successfully passing the applicable commission examination, whichever is less. An individual who accepts assignment(s) in violation of this section shall be removed from the assignment(s) and will be subject to administrative penalties. A department or local government that assigns an individual in violation of this section will also be subject to administrative penalties.
2. (b) An individual who has been removed from assignment to duties identified as fire protection personnel duties for violation of this section must petition the commission in writing for permission to be reassigned to the duties from which they were removed. The petition will be considered only if the individual has obtained all appropriate certification(s) applicable to the duties to which the individual seeks reassignment.

Source Note:The provisions of this §421.11 adopted to be effective May 23, 1999, 24 TexReg 3861.