1. (a) All part-time employees of a fire department or a local government who perform the duties of fire protection personnel must be certified by the commission. In order to be certified, part-time fire protection employees must be employed by a fire department or a local government and complete the requirements for fire protection personnel certification in the assigned discipline.
2. (b) A certified part-time fire protection employee may be certified in any discipline that has a commission approved curriculum.
3. (c) Certified part-time fire protection employees are subject to the same commission rules that apply to certified fire protection personnel.
4. (d) Fire departments or local governments that employ certified part-time fire protection employees are subject to the same commission rules that apply to fire departments and local governmental entities that employ fire protection personnel.
5. (e) Prior to being assigned to fire suppression duties, an individual must have completed a commission-approved curriculum and successfully passed the commission examination as specified in Chapter 439 of this title (relating to Examinations for Certification).
6. (f) A person who holds or is eligible to hold a certificate upon employment as fire protection personnel may be certified in the same discipline as a part-time fire protection employee as set forth in subsection (b) of this section without meeting the applicable examination requirements.
7. (g) If a person holds a current certification as a full-time structural fire fighter, the Texas Department of Health ECA certification requirement may be satisfied by documentation of equivalent training or certification in lieu of certification by the Texas Department of Health.

Source Note:The provisions of this §447.1 adopted to be effective November 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 10906.