1. (a) A university, governmental agency, an association, a private independent business, or other qualified entity may be approved by the Board or Board Chair as a sponsor for a prescribed burn training activity. To be eligible to sponsor a CFT training activity, a sponsor must submit a written proposal to the Board which includes a detailed list of the subjects to be covered and the planned activities.

2. (b) Sponsors approved to conduct CFT activities must:

   1. (1) submit a roster to the Department within 14 days of the completed activity, which contains, at a minimum, the name and current certificate number for certified and insured prescribed burn managers who successfully complete the activity;
   2. (2) ensure that the training credits awarded correspond proportionately to the net instruction time; and

   3. (3) distribute a certificate of completion on the date of the activity to eligible certified and insured prescribed burn managers which includes, but is not limited to:

      1. (A) the name of the sponsor;
      2. (B) the name of the lead burn instructor;
      3. (C) the lead burn instructor's phone number;
      4. (D) the date and name of the approved activity;
      5. (E) the name of the county in which the approved activity was held; and
      6. (F) the number of credit hours and type of credit earned.
3. (c) The Board may suspend or deny approval for any or all sponsored training courses if a sponsor fails to file a timely activity report, fails to provide the quality of activity required by the Board, or fails to comply with any other requirements for approval or that are a part of these rules.

Source Note:The provisions of this §229.4 adopted to be effective March 30, 2014, 39 TexReg 2281; amended to be effective September 24, 2018, 43 TexReg 6241.