(a) Interventions shall be designed to assist the individual to effectively manage thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and behaviors associated with their risk to reoffend. Structured, cognitive behavioral skills-oriented treatment programs shall target specific criminogenic needs to reduce re-offense rates. Interventions utilized in the assessment and treatment of sex offenders and juveniles who commit sexual offenses shall be empirically supported and generally accepted by professionals in this field.
(b) Licensees shall utilize the following principles when providing sex offender assessment and treatment:
  (1) be committed to community protection and safety and licensees shall be aware of any professional and legal obligations regarding a duty to protect or warn;
  (2) not make statements that a client is not a risk to reoffend sexually;
  (3) act in the best interests of society, the victim, and the client;
  (4) utilize empirically supported models for treating sex offenders and juveniles who commit sexual offenses; and
  (5) hold voluntary or mandated clients to the same standards of practice and compliance.

Source Note: The provisions of this §810.62 adopted to be effective October 22, 2006, 31 TexReg 8520; amended to be effective April 24, 2011, 36 TexReg 2396; amended to be effective October 1, 2015, 40 TexReg 6748