Section 5.08 - Approval as Certified Emergency Medical Dispatch ResourceA 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; and3. 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.
Amended by Mass Register Issue 1519, eff. 4/12/2024.