1. (a) All curricula for fire protection personnel must, as a minimum, meet the standards, to include manipulative skills objectives and knowledge objectives, of the current NFPA standard pertaining to the discipline, if such a standard exist and subject to subsection (c) of this section.
2. (b) New curricula presented to the Fire Fighter Advisory Committee must, as a minimum, meet the standards of the current edition of the applicable NFPA standard for the discipline, if such a standard exist.
3. (c) If a NFPA standard is adopted or an existing NFPA standard is revised, all curricula for fire protection personnel must meet the standards of the new or revised applicable NFPA standard within three years of the official adoption date of the applicable NFPA standard.

Source Note:The provisions of this §443.9 adopted to be effective November 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 10904; amended to be effective February 17, 2004, 29 TexReg 1415.