# COMAR Title 12 — Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

## Subtitle 11 — Office of the Secretary

### Chapter 03 — 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System

#### Regulation .12 Equipment Which Qualifies for Funding or Reimbursement.

*COMAR 12.11.03.12*

A. Equipment that qualifies for purchase with funds from the 9-1-1 Trust Fund includes:

  (1) Equipment for connecting and outswitching 9-1-1 calls within a telephone central office;

  (2) Trunking facilities from the central office to a public safety answering point;

  (3) Equipment to connect 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate public safety agency; and

  (4) Equipment for a 3-1-1 system.

B. Equipment necessary to constitute an enhanced 9-1-1 system shall be used for:

  (1) Automatic number identification (ANI);

  (2) Automatic location identification (ALI); or

  (3) Other technical equipment the Board may require.

C. Computer aided dispatch equipment is not a part of a 9-1-1 system, except when the Board determines that an interface is necessary to properly process 9-1-1 calls.