Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 1-304.1
Requirements for each public safety answering point
Effective Oct 1, 2020Added by Acts 2020, c. 375, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Acts 2020, c. 376, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.State of Maryland
(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.
- (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.
Added by Acts 2020, c. 375, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Acts 2020, c. 376, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.