1. (a) A continuing education course is any training course that is recognized by the commission, specifically:

   1. (1) legislatively required continuing education curricula and learning objectives developed by the commission;
   2. (2) training in excess of basic licensing course requirements;
   3. (3) training courses consistent with assigned duties; or
   4. (4) training not included in a basic licensing course.

2. (b) The commission may refuse credit for:

   1. (1) a course that does not contain a final examination or other skills test, if appropriate, as determined by the training provider;
   2. (2) annual firearms proficiency;
   3. (3) an out-of-state course not approved by that state's POST;
   4. (4) training that fails to meet any commission established length and published learning objectives;
   5. (5) an instructor claiming credit for a basic licensing course or more than one presentation of a non-licensing course by an instructor, per 24 month unit of a training cycle; or
   6. (6) course(s) claimed by deceitful means;
   7. (7) courses provided by the same training provider and taken more than two times within one training unit.
3. (c) The training provider or agency must report to the commission and keep on file in a format readily accessible to the commission, a copy of all continuing education course training reports.
4. (d) The effective date of this section is January 1, 2009.

Source Note:The provisions of this §217.9 adopted to be effective March 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 228; amended to be effective March 1, 2002, 26 TexReg 11040; amended to be effective June 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 3818; amended to be effective June 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 2877; amended to be effective January 1, 2009, 33 TexReg 10507.