Section 290.05 Of Chapter 5.5. Sex Offenders From California Penal Code >> Title 9. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5.5.
290.05
. (a) The SARATSO Training Committee shall be comprised of a
representative of the State Department of State Hospitals, a
representative of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a
representative of the Attorney General's Office, and a
representative of the Chief Probation Officers of California.
(b) On or before January 1, 2008, the SARATSO Training Committee,
in consultation with the Corrections Standards Authority and the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, shall develop a
training program for persons authorized by this code to administer
the static SARATSO, as set forth in Section 290.04.
(c) (1) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall be
responsible for overseeing the training of persons who will
administer the static SARATSO pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of
subdivision (a) of Section 290.06.
(2) The State Department of State Hospitals shall be responsible
for overseeing the training of persons who will administer the static
SARATSO pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section
290.06.
(3) The Correction Standards Authority shall be responsible for
developing standards for the training of persons who will administer
the static SARATSO pursuant to paragraph (5) or (6) of subdivision
(a) of Section 290.06.
(4) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall
be responsible for developing standards for the training of persons
who will administer the static SARATSO pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 290.06.
(d) The training shall be conducted by experts in the field of
risk assessment and the use of actuarial instruments in predicting
sex offender risk. Subject to requirements established by the
committee, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the
State Department of State Hospitals, probation departments, and
authorized local law enforcement agencies shall designate key persons
within their organizations to attend training and, as authorized by
the department, to train others within their organizations designated
to perform risk assessments as required or authorized by law. Any
person who administers the static SARATSO shall receive training no
less frequently than every two years.
(e) If the agency responsible for scoring the static SARATSO
believes an individual score does not represent the person's true
risk level, based on factors in the offender's record, the agency may
submit the case to the experts retained by the SARATSO Review
Committee to monitor the scoring of the SARATSO. Those experts shall
be guided by empirical research in determining whether to raise or
lower the risk level. Agencies that score the static SARATSO shall
develop a protocol for submission of risk level override requests to
the experts retained in accordance with this subdivision.
(f) The static SARATSO may be performed for purposes authorized by
statute only by persons trained pursuant to this section. Persons
who administer the dynamic SARATSO and the future violence SARATSO
shall be trained to administer the dynamic and future violence
SARATSO tools as required in Section 290.09. Probation officers or
parole agents may be trained by SARATSO experts on the dynamic
SARATSO tool and perform assessments on that tool only if authorized
by the SARATSO Training Committee to do so after successful
completion of training.