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B.__Establish minimum education and continuing education | | requirements for emergency medical dispatchers, including at | | least 12 hours of emergency medical dispatch continuing | | education each year; |
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| | | C.__Establish a process for approving an Emergency Medical | | Dispatch Priority Reference System that all emergency | | medical dispatchers are required to follow; |
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| | | D.__Require an emergency medical dispatcher to inform the | | board of the public safety answering point that employs or | | supervises the emergency medical dispatcher; |
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| | | E.__Establish or provide for approval of emergency medical | | dispatcher certification training programs, which must be | | conducted in accordance with appropriate national standards; |
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| | | F.__Establish qualifications for instructors of emergency | | medical dispatcher certification training programs; |
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| | | G.__Require regular reporting to the board by a public | | safety answering point with respect to the use of the | | Emergency Medical Dispatch Priority Reference System; and |
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| | | H.__Require that each public safety answering point appoint | | a director of emergency medical dispatch services to review | | and ensure compliance with the requirements of this section. |
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| | | Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical | | rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | 3.__Prohibitions.__Beginning January 1, 2007, the following | | provisions apply. |
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| | | A.__A person may not provide emergency medical dispatch | | services unless the person is certified as an emergency | | medical dispatcher in accordance with this section. |
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| | | B.__An entity may not operate as a public safety answering | | point unless certified in accordance with this section. |
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| | | C.__A person may not offer a training course that is | | represented as a course for emergency medical dispatcher | | certification unless the person is approved to provide such | | training in accordance with this section. |
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| | | D.__An entity may not provide emergency medical dispatch services | | except in accordance with an Emergency Medical |
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