Courses approved as acceptable continuing education for renewal of a code enforcement officer registration in Texas include:
1. Any course approved for license renewal by another Texas regulatory agency in appropriate subject matter:
The curriculum of an approved activity must include one or more of the following subjects: (1) zoning and zoning ordinance enforcement's; (2) sign regulations; (3) home occupations; (4) housing codes and ordinances; (5) building abatement; (6) nuisance violations; (7) abandoned vehicles; (8) junk vehicles; (9) health ordinances; (10) basic processes of law related to code enforcement; (11) professional, supervisory or management training related to the profession of code enforcement; or (12) legislative or legal updates related to the profession of code enforcement.
Contact the course sponsor before attending such a course to confirm that the course is approved for license renewal by another regulatory board or agency. You should keep proof of attendance, including number of hours granted and information showing which licensing board, program, or agency approved the continuing education, to produce in the event you are subject to a random audit.
2. Upcoming courses approved in accordance with the new rules on continuing education listed below in date order:
If the course you are planning to attend is not listed below, contact the course sponsor to find out whether the sponsor plans to have the course approved in accordance with the Code Enforcement Officer Registration Rules related to continuing education. If yes, the sponsor must send notice to our office at least 15 days prior to the event.
Once the date of a course is passed, we will remove it from our list.
However, you will know whether a course you have attended is approved, because any person who attends an approved course will receive a certificate from the course sponsor showing: his/her name; the name of the organization providing the training, the title of the activity; the date and location of the activity, and the continuing education hours earned. The certificate will state "Approved in accordance with 25 Texas Administrative Code, §130.20 for code enforcement officer/code enforcement officer in training registration renewal in Texas" and it will include a breakdown of the hours earned on each topic.
Keep copies of all certificates you receive from courses approved in accordance with these rules, to produce in the event you are subject to a random audit.
DSHS approved continuing education courses are also provided by the following organizations. Click on the link below to view their course offerings:
http://www.csitexas.org/
www.tidrc.com
www.hactexas.com
http://www.myteha.org/AnnualConference.htm
http://www.nctcog.org/cs/rtc/index.asp
List of Approved Courses (by month)
External e-mail links are provided to you as a courtesy. Please be advised that you are not E-mailing the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and DSHS policies do not apply should you choose to correspond.
2012 CE Classes
February
February 15-18
Class Title: CEAT 2012 Annual Business & Educational Conference
Instructor: Various Instructors
Facilitator: Code Enforcement Association of Texas
Location: Holiday Inn, 5701 S. Broadway, Tyler, Texas
Times: All day events
Contact Information: www.ceat1.org/conference.htm
March
March 1
Class Title: Basic Environmental Law Training Course
Instructor: Neil Kucera, Sidney Parker, Dennis Rudder, Eric Kaufman, Doug MacDougall, Jonathan Gray
Facilitator: Ashley Fisher, Regional Environmental Coordinator, CAPCOG Location: Travis County East Side Service Center, 6011 Blue Bluff Road, Austin TX
Times: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Cost: $30
Contact Information: Ashley Fisher, (512) 916-6185
afisher@capcog.org
March 8
Class Title: TEHA North Texas Quarterly Meeting
Instructor: Various Instructors
Facilitator: North Texas Chapter - TEHA
Location: Tarrant County Public Health Building, 101 S. Main Street,Fort Worth, TX 76104
Times: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Cost: $15 Members, $45 Non-Members
Contact Information: Tom Vyles, City of Plano, (972) 941-7143 or (972) 941-5223
March 15
Class Title: Manager of Pool Operation Class with Legal Update
Instructor: Jim Richerson & Eric Nuno
Facilitator: Kathy Hernandez, Training, Department of Code Compliance, City of Dallas
Location: 7901 Goforth, Dallas, TX 75238
Times: 8:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $40 Participants located in Dallas, $60 Participants located outside of Dallas
Contact Information: (214) 670-9710
April
April 5
Class Title: Telephone Etiquette - Making the Right Call
Instructor: Mike Gibson
Facilitator: Toni Fox and James Flores
Location: City of San Angelo - McNeese Convention Center
Time: 8:00am – 12:00pm
Cost: $25.00
April 5
Class Title: CEAT Region II Training
Instructor: Various Instructors
Facilitator: City of Dallas
Location: Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak,Dallas, TX 75204
Times: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Cost: CEAT Members – Free; Non-members - $40
Contact Information: Yvette Whaley, City of Dallas, (469) 487-6277
April 6
Class Title: The Stewart Case Workshop
Instructor: Scott Houston and Bonnie Goldstein
Facilitator: Texas Municipal League
Location: DoubleTree Hotel, 6505 Interstate Highway 35 North, Austin, Texas 78752
Times: 9:00am – 1:30pm
Cost: $125 online, $145 mail-in
Contact Information: Lonne Parent-Smith, (512) 231-7452
May
May 2
Class Title: Food Safety Seminar
Instructor: Various Instructors
Facilitator: City of Plano, Restaurant and Bar Inspections Division
Location: 7901 Goforth Road, Dallas, TX 75231
Times: 8:00am – 4:00pm
Cost: Free Admission
Contact Information: Anthony McGee, (214) 670-8063 anthony.mcgee@dallascityhall.com
May 21-25
Class Title: 20th Annual Building Professional Institute
Instructor: Various Instructors
Facilitator: Building Officials Association of Texas
Location: The University of Texas at Arlington - Nedderman Hall
Times: All Day Events
Contact Information: www.buildingprofessionalinstitute.com
June
June 12
Class Title: Residential Damage Assessment
Instructor: FEMA, Various
Facilitator: City of San Angelo, Code Compliance Division
Location: 8485 Hangar Road,
San Angelo, Texas 76904
Times: 8:00am - 3:30pm
Cost: $35 (includes breakfast and lunch)
Contact Information: Rudy Ibarra, (325) 657-4409, ext. 1133
rudy.ibarra@sanangelotexas.us
Other CE Classes
North Central Texas Council of Governments
Prosecutor and Judge Training
Also, please be aware that North Central Texas Council of Governments is providing a half-day legal class for prosecutors, judges, other local government attorneys and elected officials called Civil and Criminal Responses to Illegal Dumping. This class is being offered six times (three in fall and three in spring) throughout the NCTCOG region. This class is free and offers State Bar and other CEUs. The instructors are Roger Haseman, Harris County Assistant District Attorney and Clarissa Bauer, Harris County Assistant County Attorney. Each manages the environmental enforcement activities in their respective offices and are acknowledged as being the best in Texas at what they do. TIDRC and KTB are assisting NCTCOG in producing these classes, which are funded by a grant from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
No matter where you are in Texas, if you have prosecutors, judges, sheriffs or other officials who would benefit from these free legal overview classes, now is the time to ask them to enroll.
Class information and schedule.