Georgia § 46-5-138 - 2. "Director" defined; training and instruction.
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§ 46-5-138. 2. "Director" defined; training and instruction.
As used in this Code section, the term "director" means any person having direct operational control of a public safety answering point, any person who has as part of his or her duties supervisory responsibility for one or more communication officers or other employees who answer 9-1-1 calls received by a public safety answering point, or any person who has system management responsibility for the public safety answering point. In addition to any training required under federal or state law, any persons serving as a director may enroll in, attend, and complete satisfactorily a course of training and instruction on the management of public safety answering points and the establishment and operation of 9-1-1 systems. Such course of instruction for directors shall be developed and made available by the center subject to the availability and receipt of funding. (Code 1981, § 46-5-138.2 , enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 318, § 2/HB 394; Ga. L. 2008, p. 324, § 46/SB 455.) Effective date. - This Code section became effective July 1, 2007. The 2008 amendment, effective May 12, 2008, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised capitalization in subsection (a).
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