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§ 1-304.1. Requirements for each public safety answering point

West's Annotated Code of MarylandPublic SafetyEffective: October 1, 2020

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Public Safety (Refs & Annos)
Title 1. Definitions; General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2020
MD Code, Public Safety, § 1-304.1
§ 1-304.1. Requirements for each public safety answering point
Currentness
Standards-based protocols for processing requests for emergency assistance; certified employees
(a)(1) Each public safety answering point shall employ standards-based protocols for the processing of 9-1-1 requests for emergency assistance.
(2) A public safety answering point shall ensure that each 9-1-1 specialist employed by the public safety answering point is certified in each discipline related to 9-1-1 requests for assistance for which the 9-1-1 specialist is responsible for receiving and processing.
Emergency response team to assist with natural or human-made disasters
(b) A public safety answering point may establish a telecommunicator emergency response team to respond to, relieve, assist, or augment other public safety answering points when those public safety answering points are affected by natural or human-made disasters.

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Added by Acts 2020, c. 375, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Acts 2020, c. 376, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
MD Code, Public Safety, § 1-304.1, MD PUBLIC SAFETY § 1-304.1
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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