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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 12.11.03.04" title_num="12" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="03" heading="Implementation by County or Multicounty Area.">
  <text>A county or multicounty area shall maintain an enhanced 9-1-1 system that:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Uses the digits 9-1-1 as the published emergency telephone number for access to emergency services;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Has public safety answering points that provide 24-hour public access and dispatch service;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Provides transfer and referrals to related public safety services;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Provides for staffing all public safety answering points with personnel trained as required by this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Provides for equipping all public safety answering points with adequate access to TTY equipment to facilitate use by an individual with a speech or hearing disability;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Provides access to services for an individual who does not speak or understand the English language;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>May provide access to local emergency management centers for all public safety answering points;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Permits a county to designate a public safety answering point using cooperative arrangements acceptable to the participating agencies;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Permits public safety answering points to transfer or relay emergency calls received requiring services outside of the jurisdiction of the system receiving the call;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Maintains a current master street address guide and communicates updated information to parties responsible for an automatic number identification (ANI) and automatic location identification (ALI) system;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Uses telephone equipment and services that provide:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A visual or audible indication, or both, of an incoming call;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The capability for the call taker to monitor a transferred call to ensure that the call is properly transferred;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Annual telephone company monitoring of service to determine the grade of service and, if appropriate, to make recommendations to ensure that not more than one busy signal in every 100 incoming calls during an average busy hour is maintained; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Documentation of the date and time a 9-1-1 call is received; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Has a sufficient number of call takers and equipment to consistently answer incoming calls on a daily average of 10 seconds or less.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>