# 37 Tex. Admin. Code § 380.9317: 37 TAC § 380.9317. Visitation with Personal Clergy

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## Section

- **Citation:** 37 Tex. Admin. Code § 380.9317
- **Heading:** 37 TAC § 380.9317. Visitation with Personal Clergy
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 37 PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS / Part 11 TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT / Chapter 380 RULES FOR STATE-OPERATED PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES / 37 TAC § 380.9317

## Text

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to provide
 youth with privileged access to their personal clergy.
(b) Visitation.
(1) A personal clergy member is someone from a recognized
 faith group who has an established, professional relationship with
 a youth and/or the youth's family prior to the youth's admission to
 the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD).
(2) TJJD approves the clergy member's registration
 to visit after his/her religious affiliation and relationship to the
 youth are verified.
(3) Youth may receive visits from their personal clergy
 member any day of the week after reasonable arrangements have been
 made.
(4) TJJD provides adequate space and supervision for
 the visit. TJJD ensures the space allows the youth to have confidential
 conversation with his/her personal clergy, but correctional staff
 maintain line-of-sight supervision.
(5) The personal clergy member is only allowed to visit
 the youth with whom he/she has an established professional relationship.
(6) A youth may decline a visit with a personal clergy
 member. The parent/guardian of a youth under age 18 may prohibit a
 visit between his/her child and a personal clergy member.

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