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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 12.11.03.10" title_num="12" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="03" heading="Public Safety Answering Point Training.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A county shall staff a public safety answering point with personnel who can properly process a call from a machine used by an individual who has a speech or hearing impairment.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Within 6 months of hiring a public safety answering point call taker, a county shall train the new call taker using a curriculum adopted or approved by the Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A county shall provide a public safety answering point call taker with yearly in-service training using a curriculum adopted or approved by the Board. D. Training shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Public safety answering point orientation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Communication skills;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Electronic systems;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Policies and procedures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Call processing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Documentation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Dispatch procedures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Stress management;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Public relations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Administrative duties; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Disaster and major incident training.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>