1. (a) An agency appointing an individual who does not hold a commission license must file an application for the appropriate license with the commission. The application must be approved with a license issuance date before the individual is appointed or commissioned. The application must be completed, signed, and filed with the commission by the agency's chief administrator or designee.
2. (b) Except for an agency that has 20 or fewer employees or an agency that provides less than 24-hour-a-day service, an agency appointing an individual as a temporary emergency telecommunicator must file an application with the commission. The application must be approved with an appointment date before the individual is appointed. The application must be completed, signed, and filed with the commission by the agency's chief administrator or designee.
3. (c) An application for a license or initial report of appointment must be submitted in an application format currently accepted by the commission.
4. (d) An agency that files an application for licensing must keep on file and in a format readily accessible to the commission a copy of the documentation necessary to show each licensee appointed by that agency met the minimum standards for licensing including weapons proficiency for peace officers.
5. (e) An agency must retain records required under subsection (d) of this section for a minimum of five years after the licensee's termination date with that agency. The records must be maintained in a format readily accessible to the commission.
6. (f) An agency which submits an application for an individual must report to the commission any failure to appoint that individual in the reported capacity within 30 days of the reported date of appointment. Such report must be made in a currently accepted commission format that reports termination.
7. (g) The effective date of this section is June 1, 2004.

Source Note:The provisions of this §217.3 adopted to be effective March 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 227; amended to be effective June 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 3816.