LAC 46:XXXVIII.105. Public Safety Telecommunicator

A. No person shall act as a public safety telecommunicator unless he has received a certificate of completion of an approved training course in T-CPR conducted by an entity or individual approved by the Bureau to conduct such T-CPR course. A public safety telecommunicator must possess and maintain a current certificate of completion of the T-CPR training required under this Section. B. The bureau shall give approval to a T-CPR training course if the course and the entity or individual proposing it meets the minimum standards for course approval set by the bureau, including standards concerning instruction, training and examination. Such standards shall mandate training every two years that meets or exceed nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines adopted by the bureau and shall incorporate recognition protocols for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and compression-only CPR instructions for callers. An approved entity or individual shall comply with the course approval criteria set by the bureau, and may be removed by the bureau from the roster of approved T-CPR trainers for failure to comply. C. Each public safety agency employing public safety telecommunicators shall, for each individual so employed, upload the certificate of completion of the T-CPR training required by this Section, and any renewals thereof, to the Bureau’s Information Management System (IMS). This requirement shall not apply with respect to any individual so employed who has already uploaded such certificates to the IMS.