(a) An administrator and alternate administrator must complete 12 clock hours of continuing training within each subsequent 12-month period beginning with the date of designation. The 12 clock hours of continuing training must include at least two of the following topics and may include other topics relating to the duties of an administrator:
  (1) any one of the training topics listed in §15.305(d) of this division (relating to Initial Training in Administration);
  (2) development and interpretation of the center policies;
  (3) basic principles of management in a licensed health care setting;
  (4) ethics;
  (5) quality improvement;
  (6) risk assessment and management;
  (7) financial management;
  (8) skills for working with minors, a minor's parent, and other professional service providers;
  (9) community resources;
  (10) communicable disease reporting; or
  (11) marketing.
(b) In addition to the 12 clock hours of training required in this section, an administrator or alternate administrator must complete the Overview of Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Center Licensing Standards in Texas provided by DADS every three years from the date of designation to the position.
(c) The center must keep documentation of administrator and alternate administrator continuing training on file at the center and maintain:
  (1) the name of the class or workshop;
  (2) course content, including the curriculum;
  (3) hours and dates of the training; and
  (4) name and contact information of the entity and trainer who provided the training.
(d) An administrator or alternate administrator must not apply the pre-licensing program training toward the continuing training requirements in this section.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.306 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875