2010 Arkansas Code
Title 25 - State Government
Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 25-10-139 - Training requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees.

25-10-139. Training requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees.

(a) (1) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services shall promulgate regulations to increase the hours of training provided to youth service workers and security officers employed by the division. If the services are under contract with the division, the employees of the contractor shall meet the training requirements promulgated by the division.

(2) The training requirements shall include, but not be limited to, training on the use of proper restraints and security crisis intervention as recommended by the standards for Juvenile Training Schools published by the American Correction Association in cooperation with the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections.

(3) The training hours shall be satisfied by the employee on a yearly basis.

(b) No regulation pertaining to the training required of youth service workers and security officers promulgated hereafter by the division shall be effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council, the House Interim Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs, and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or appropriate subcommittees thereof of the General Assembly.