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To amend sections 4742.02, 4742.03, 4742.04, 4742.05, | 1 |
and 4742.06, to amend, for the purpose of adopting | 2 |
new section numbers as shown in parentheses, | 3 |
sections 4742.02 (4742.03), 4742.03 (4742.04), | 4 |
4742.04 (4742.05), 4742.05 (4742.06), and 4742.06 | 5 |
(4742.07), and to enact new section 4742.02 of the | 6 |
Revised Code to require certification of emergency | 7 |
service telecommunicators and modify training | 8 |
requirements. | 9 |
Section 1. That sections 4742.02, 4742.03, 4742.04, 4742.05, | 10 |
and 4742.06 be amended, that sections 4742.02 (4742.03), 4742.03 | 11 |
(4742.04), 4742.04 (4742.05), 4742.05 (4742.06), and 4742.06 | 12 |
(4742.07) be amended for the purpose of adopting new section | 13 |
numbers as shown in parentheses, and that new section 4742.02 of | 14 |
the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 15 |
Sec. 4742.02. No emergency service provider shall employ an | 16 |
emergency service telecommunicator who is not certified under | 17 |
section 4742.04, 4742.05, or 4742.07 of the Revised Code. | 18 |
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conjunction with emergency service providers, shall develop a | 20 |
program to provide emergency service telecommunicator training, | 21 |
and shall implement the program not more than one year after | 22 |
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program, the state board and the emergency service providers shall | 24 |
accept and consider suggestions from any political subdivision or | 25 |
other entity, whether located within or outside of this state, | 26 |
that offers suggestions. The program shall include all of the | 27 |
following: | 28 |
(1) A curriculum for a basic course of emergency service | 29 |
telecommunicator training that conforms to the requirements of | 30 |
division (A) of section | 31 |
(2) A curriculum for continuing education coursework in | 32 |
emergency service telecommunicator training that conforms to the | 33 |
requirements of division | 34 |
Revised Code; | 35 |
(3) Standards and examinations to be used in the program to | 36 |
certify that a person has successfully completed a basic course | 37 |
of, or continuing education coursework in, emergency service | 38 |
telecommunicator training; | 39 |
(4) Implementation of the training program at vocational | 40 |
education centers that are approved by the board to offer | 41 |
vocational education; | 42 |
(5) The provision at least eight times per year of a basic | 43 |
course of emergency service telecommunicator training at different | 44 |
vocational education centers around this state selected to | 45 |
reasonably accommodate persons requesting the training; | 46 |
(6) A requirement that any employee of an emergency service | 47 |
provider may enroll in and complete any course offered under the | 48 |
program at no charge by the state board to the employee or | 49 |
provider. The tuition and materials costs for training such | 50 |
employees under the program shall be paid from the emergency | 51 |
service telecommunicator training fund created under division (B) | 52 |
of this section. | 53 |
(7) A requirement that space available in each basic course | 54 |
offered by the state board shall be allocated on a priority basis, | 55 |
first to unpaid volunteers of emergency service providers, second | 56 |
to paid volunteers of such providers, and third to other persons; | 57 |
(8) A provision allowing persons who are not employees of | 58 |
emergency service providers to enroll in any course offered under | 59 |
the program, on a space-available basis. The state board may | 60 |
charge reasonable tuition to such persons to attend the course. | 61 |
(B) The emergency service telecommunicator training fund is | 62 |
hereby established in the state treasury. The state board of | 63 |
education shall use money in the fund only for the following | 64 |
purposes: | 65 |
(1) To develop the emergency service telecommunicator | 66 |
training program required under division (A) of this section; | 67 |
(2) To pay the compensation of state board of education | 68 |
employees who administer the program and the state board's costs | 69 |
of training employees of emergency service providers at courses | 70 |
offered under the program. | 71 |
(C) The state board of education, in accordance with Chapter | 72 |
119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules necessary to develop | 73 |
and administer the training program under this section. | 74 |
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as an emergency service telecommunicator by successfully | 76 |
completing a basic course of emergency service telecommunicator | 77 |
training that is conducted by the state board of education under | 78 |
section | 79 |
emergency service telecommunicator training shall include, but not | 80 |
be limited to, both of the following: | 81 |
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training that, at minimum, conform to the project 33 revised | 83 |
minimum training standards for public safety telecommunicators of | 84 |
the association of public-safety communications officials; | 85 |
(2) Instructional or training units in all of the following | 86 |
subjects: | 87 |
(a) The role of the emergency service telecommunicator; | 88 |
(b) Effective communication skills; | 89 |
(c) Emergency service telecommunicator liability; | 90 |
(d) Telephone techniques; | 91 |
(e) Requirements of the "Americans With Disabilities Act of | 92 |
1990," 104 Stat. 327, 42 U.S.C. 12101, as amended, that pertain to | 93 |
emergency service telecommunicators; | 94 |
(f) Handling hysterical and suicidal callers; | 95 |
(g) Protocol for submerged-vehicle situations and other | 96 |
situations where an individual's life is immediately endangered; | 97 |
(h) Law enforcement terminology; | 98 |
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service; | 104 |
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service scene safety, or both police officer survival and fire or | 108 |
emergency medical service scene safety. | 109 |
(B) In developing protocol required under division (A)(2)(g) | 110 |
of this section, the state board of education shall consult | 111 |
training requirements established for all of the following: | 112 |
(1) For peace officers, under section 109.74 of the Revised | 113 |
Code; | 114 |
(2) For emergency medical service personnel, as defined in | 115 |
section 4765.01 of the Revised Code; | 116 |
(3) For firefighters, as established by the firefighter and | 117 |
fire safety inspector training committee of the state board of | 118 |
emergency medical services created under section 4765.04 of the | 119 |
Revised Code. | 120 |
(C) A person may maintain certification as an emergency | 121 |
service telecommunicator by successfully completing at least eight | 122 |
hours of continuing education coursework in emergency service | 123 |
telecommunicator training during each two-year period after a | 124 |
person first obtains the certification referred to in division (A) | 125 |
of this section. The continuing education coursework shall consist | 126 |
of review and advanced training and instruction in the subjects | 127 |
listed in division (A)(2) of this section. | 128 |
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emergency service telecommunicator training described in division | 130 |
(A) of this section, the state board of education or a designee of | 131 |
the board shall certify the person's successful completion. The | 132 |
board shall send a copy of the certification to the person and to | 133 |
the emergency service provider by whom the person is employed. | 134 |
If a person successfully completes the continuing education | 135 |
coursework described in division | 136 |
board of education or a designee of the board shall certify the | 137 |
person's successful completion. The board shall send a copy of the | 138 |
certification to the person and to the emergency service provider | 139 |
by whom the person is employed. | 140 |
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as an emergency service telecommunicator by successfully | 142 |
completing a basic course of emergency service telecommunicator | 143 |
training that is conducted by or under the direction of an | 144 |
emergency service provider. Prior to such a course being | 145 |
conducted, the emergency service provider shall certify that the | 146 |
course meets the requirements of division (A) of section | 147 |
4742.04 of the Revised Code. If a person successfully completes | 148 |
the course, the emergency service provider shall certify the | 149 |
person's successful completion. | 150 |
(B) A person may maintain certification as an emergency | 151 |
service telecommunicator by successfully completing continuing | 152 |
education coursework in emergency service telecommunicator | 153 |
training that is conducted by or under the direction of an | 154 |
emergency service provider. Prior to such coursework being | 155 |
conducted, the emergency service provider shall certify that the | 156 |
coursework meets the requirements of division
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completes the coursework, the emergency service provider shall | 159 |
certify the person's successful completion. | 160 |
(C) Upon certification of a person under division (A) or (B) | 161 |
of this section, the emergency service provider that certifies the | 162 |
person shall send a copy of the certification to the person and to | 163 |
the emergency service provider by whom the person is employed | 164 |
unless the emergency service provider certifying the person is the | 165 |
person's employer. | 166 |
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certificate of registration from the state board of career | 168 |
colleges and schools may apply to the state board of education for | 169 |
certification of a basic course of emergency service | 170 |
telecommunicator training or of continuing education coursework in | 171 |
emergency service telecommunicator training. The state board of | 172 |
education shall prescribe the form of the application. | 173 |
(B) Upon receipt of an application, the state board of | 174 |
education shall review it and consider whether the proposed course | 175 |
or coursework meets the requirements of division (A) or | 176 |
section | 177 |
length and content. If the proposed course or coursework meets | 178 |
those requirements, the state board of education shall issue a | 179 |
certification of that fact to the career school. Inclusion of | 180 |
on-site verifiable electronic training as part of a proposed basic | 181 |
or continuing education course shall not be a reason for the state | 182 |
board to deny certification. | 183 |
(C) If, after receiving a certification from the state board | 184 |
of education under this section, the career school changes the | 185 |
approved course or coursework, the prior certification is canceled | 186 |
and the career school shall apply to the state board of education | 187 |
for certification of the changed course or coursework. | 188 |
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as an emergency service telecommunicator by successfully | 190 |
completing a basic course of emergency service telecommunicator | 191 |
training that is conducted by a career school that has obtained | 192 |
certification of that course from the state board of education | 193 |
under section | 194 |
successfully completes the course, the career school shall certify | 195 |
the person's successful completion. | 196 |
(B) A person may maintain certification as an emergency | 197 |
service telecommunicator by successfully completing continuing | 198 |
education coursework in emergency service telecommunicator | 199 |
training that is conducted by a career school that has obtained | 200 |
certification of that coursework from the state board of education | 201 |
under section | 202 |
successfully completes the coursework, the career school shall | 203 |
certify the person's successful completion. | 204 |
(C) Upon certification of a person's successful completion | 205 |
under division (A) or (B) of this section, the career school shall | 206 |
send a copy of the certification to the person and to the | 207 |
emergency service provider that employs the person. | 208 |
(D) Tuition and materials costs for a person enrolled in a | 209 |
certified basic or continuing education course conducted by a | 210 |
career school shall be paid by the person, an emergency service | 211 |
provider, or any other entity on behalf of the person or an | 212 |
emergency service provider. | 213 |
Section 2. That existing sections 4742.02, 4742.03, 4742.04, | 214 |
4742.05, and 4742.06 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 215 |