Definitions

PURPOSE: This rule defines the terms which pertain to the training and education of telecommunicators. (1) Board refers to the Missouri 911 Service Board within the Department of Public Safety established in section 650.325, RSMo. (2) Training committee refers to the committee or other designees of the board tasked by the board with assisting the board in administering the 911 Training and Standards Act in section 650.340, RSMo. (3) Joint Communications Center refers to a public safety answering point which dispatches fire, law enforcement, and emergency medical service agencies. (4) Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) and Emergency Communications Center (ECC) refer to the location at which 911 calls are answered initially. (5) Telecommunicator first responder is any person employed as an emergency telephone worker, call taker, or public safety dispatcher whose duties include receiving, processing, or transmitting public safety information received through a Public Safety Answering Point or Emergency Communications Center. AUTHORITY: section 650.340, RSMo Supp. 2024.* This rule originally filed as 11 CSR 10-12.020. Original rule filed May 16, 2000, effective Nov. 30, 2000. Moved to 11 CSR 30-13.020 and amended: Filed Jan. 3, 2012, effective Aug. 30, 2012. Moved to 11 CSR 90-4.020 and amended: Filed March 12, 2021, effective Sept. 30, 2021. Amended: Filed May 1, 2024, effective Nov. 30, 2024. *Original authority: 650.340, RSMo 1999, amended 2007, 2017, 2018, 2023.