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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 12.11.03.06" title_num="12" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="03" heading="Minimum Enhanced 9-1-1 System Requirements.">
  <text>At a minimum, an enhanced 9-1-1 system implemented in Maryland shall include:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Sufficient incoming 9-1-1 lines for each telephone central office to ensure that not more than one in 100 call attempts during the average busy hour is blocked;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Connections to all public safety agencies covered by the system;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>24 hour, 7 day operation of the public safety answering point staffed with personnel trained as required under this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>First priority to answering 9-1-1 calls;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Electronic recording of all 9-1-1 calls;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Playback capability of all 9-1-1 calls;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Connection to adjacent public safety answering points by private lines when there is a telephone exchange and jurisdictional boundary not covered by selective routing;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Security measures sufficient to minimize intentional disruption of the operation;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Standby emergency electrical power to keep the public safety answering point operating when commercial power fails;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>At least one administrative line for nonemergency calls;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Written operational procedures;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Automatic location identification (ALI), which displays, at the public safety answering point, the address or location of the calling instrument;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>Automatic number identification (ANI), which displays, at the public safety answering point, the calling telephone number;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="N.">
    <text>Central office identification used to identify dedicated lines or trunks from a central office when a public safety answering point serves more than one central office;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="O.">
    <text>A distinct tone, visible signal, or other process for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Alerting the call taker that an incoming 9-1-1 call was disconnected; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Receiving and displaying the telephone number with ANI and ALI information for a disconnected 9-1-1 call, when available;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="P.">
    <text>Providing access to services for an individual:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>With a speech or hearing disability; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Who does not speak or understand the English language; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="Q.">
    <text>Other technical advances approved by the Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>