Guardian, Certified
- Exam
- State exam
- Education
- Specific course
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Required
Certified guardians, upon appointment by a court with probate jurisdiction, provide guardianship services to incapacitated individuals, called wards. Certified guardians may be private professional guardians, or may be employed by local guardianship programs, the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) or the Department of Aging and Disability Services guardianship (DADS) programs to provide services to wards of those programs.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- State exam required
- Education
- Specific course required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Background check required
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Texas Judicial Branch Certification Commission
- Address
- PO Box 12066 Austin, TX 78711
- Phone
- (512) 475-4368
- Agency website
- https://www.txcourts.gov/jbcc/
- Last updated
- August 10, 2023
Occupations (O*NET)
- GUARDIAN, CERTIFIED 23-2099.00
Source and verification
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Before you apply, confirm every detail with Texas Judicial Branch Certification Commission — see the issuing body section above.
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