Standard 7.6

Standard statement

If there is a dispatch function within the agency, a written directive governs procedures for assuring compliance with all applicable state requirements administered by the Board on Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training based on Mississippi Code 19-5-351 (Establishment of BETST); 19-5-353 (Certification Requirements); 19-5-355 (Training Requirements); and 19-5-357 (Telecommunications subscriber service charges for BETST) to include:

Each bullet must stand alone when establishing compliance, with proofs identified for every lettered requirement.

a.Hiring application
b.Trainee status
c.Basic Training
d.Administrative Action and
e.Termination

Discussion

SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1The 1993 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature enacted legislation to establish the funding, training and education of emergency telecommunicators. Governor Kirk Fordice signed House Bill No. 901 which provided for the Emergency Telecommunications Training Program (ETTP) and the law became effective 1 July 1993. The Emergency Telecommunications Training Program established the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training (BETST) to implement the law and its provisions. The Act directed the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training (BLEOST) to provide the BETST with administrative and fiscal support and designated the Director of the BLEOST to serve as staff director of the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training. Currently, the BETST falls under the jurisdiction of Public Safety Planning, a division of the Department of Public Safety. The “Professional Certification Policy and Procedures Manual” describes the policies and procedures the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training has established concerning the employment and training of emergency telecommunicators in Mississippi. This manual is promulgated pursuant to authority granted the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training by Chapters 310, 321, 484 and 536, General Laws of Mississippi. The policies and procedures therefore have the force and effect of law and are written for the guidance of agency heads and personnel officers of emergency Telecommunicator institutions whose personnel come under the jurisdiction of the Emergency Telecommunications Training Program (ETTP). SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1The Office of the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training The Mississippi Code as Annotated establishes the Emergency Telecommunications Training Program in Chapter 5 Section 19-5-301 through 19-5-317. The purpose is to establish and implement a dynamic emergency telecommunications training program to deliver appropriate training at the beginning of and during a telecommunicator's career. In addition to programs established for emergency telecommunicators, the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training establishes a minimum standard of training and certification for personnel involved in the answering and dispatching of calls to law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services.

The discussion clarifies intent and is not a binding part of the standard. For assessment purposes you are required to comply only with the standard statement.