§ 11-8-2-8 — Personnel; standards; programs

Indiana § 11-8-2-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 8: GENERAL PROVISIONS: DEPARTMENT OF
• Ch. 2: Organization of Department

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(a) The department shall cooperate with the state
personnel department in establishing minimum qualification standards
for employees of the department and in establishing a system of
personnel recruitment, selection, employment, and distribution.
(b) The department shall conduct training programs designed to
equip employees for duty in its facilities and programs and raise their
level of performance. Training programs conducted by the department
need not be limited to inservice training. They may include
preemployment training, internship programs, and scholarship
programs in cooperation with appropriate agencies. When funds are
appropriated, the department may provide educational stipends or
tuition reimbursement in such amounts and under such conditions as
may be determined by the department and the personnel department.
(c) The department shall conduct a training program on cultural
diversity awareness that must be a required course for each employee
of the department who has contact with incarcerated persons.
(d) The department shall provide six (6) hours of training to
employees who interact with persons with mental illness, addictive
disorders, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities
concerning the interaction, to be taught by persons approved by the
secretary of family and social services, using teaching methods
approved by the secretary of family and social services and the
commissioner. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may
credit hours of substantially similar training received by an employee
toward the required six (6) hours of training.
(e) The department shall establish a correctional officer training
program with a curriculum, and administration by agencies, to be
determined by the commissioner. A certificate of completion shall be
issued to any person satisfactorily completing the training program. A
certificate may also be issued to any person who has received training
in another jurisdiction if the commissioner determines that the training
was at least equivalent to the training program maintained under this
subsection.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.3-1989, SEC.94; P.L.25-2000, SEC.2; P.L.85-2004, SEC.41;
P.L.246-2005, SEC.94; P.L.100-2012, SEC.29; P.L.117-2015,
SEC.5.