A limited secondary PSAP, primary PSAP, regional PSAP, regional
secondary PSAP, secondary PSAP, RECC, wireless state police PSAP, or private
safety department that intends to provide emergency medical dispatch services
for a PSAP or RECC as a certified EMD resource shall submit to the Department,
on a form specified by the Department or in such other manner specified by the
Department, a request for approval as a certified EMD resource.
(1) The request for approval from a limited
secondary PSAP, private safety department, a secondary PSAP operated by a
private safety department, or a regional secondary PSAP operated by a private
safety department shall include the following:
(a) the EMDPRS that will be used;
(b) the enhanced 911 equipment that will be
used;
(c) documentation that each
emergency medical dispatcher that will provide EMD:
1. will successfully complete 911 equipment
and basic telecommunicator training equivalent to the training required of
enhanced 911 telecommunicators under
560
CMR
5.04, as determined by the
Department;
2. will obtain
certification in EMD through an EMD certification organization approved by the
Department; and
3. will
successfully complete continuing education equivalent to the continuing
education required of enhanced 911 telecommunicators under
560
CMR
5.04, as determined by the
Department;
(d)
documentation of current licensure by OEMS, if applicable; and
(e) any other documentation required by the
Department.
(2) The
request for approval from a primary PSAP, regional PSAP, regional secondary
PSAP (except a regional secondary PSAP operated by a private safety
department), secondary PSAP (except a secondary PSAP operated by a private
safety department), RECC, or wireless state police PSAP shall include:
(a) the EMDPRS that will be used;
(b) documentation that each emergency medical
dispatcher will be a certified emergency medical dispatcher in accordance with
560
CMR
5.07; and
(c) any other documentation required by the
Department.
The Department will evaluate and approve as a certified EMD
resource such entities as the Department determines appropriate in its sole
discretion.
