Oklahoma § 63-2802 - Definitions

§ 63-2802. Definitions

As used in this act:

1. "Authority" means the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority;

2. "Basic system" means a telephone service which automatically

connects a person dialing the primary emergency telephone number to

an established public safety answering point through normal

telephone service facilities;

3. "Direct dispatch method" means a method whereby a call over

a basic or sophisticated system is connected to a centralized

dispatch center providing for the dispatching of an appropriate

emergency service unit upon receipt of a telephone request for such

services and a decision as to the proper action to be taken;

4. "Methods", as used in paragraphs 3, 8, 9 and 11 of this

section, means the procedures to be followed by the public agency or

public safety agency affected by such paragraphs;

5. "Primary emergency telephone number" means the digits nineone-one (911);

6. "Public agency" means any agency or political subdivision of

the state which provides or has authority to provide fire fighting,

police, ambulance, medical or other emergency services;

7. "Public safety agency" means a functional division of a

public agency which provides fire fighting, police, medical or other

emergency services;

8. "Referral method" means a method whereby a call over a basic

or sophisticated system results in providing the requesting party

with the telephone number of the appropriate public safety agency or

other provider of emergency services;

9. "Relay method" means a method whereby a call over a basic or

sophisticated system results in pertinent information being noted by

the recipient of a telephone request for emergency services and is

relayed to appropriate public safety agencies or other providers of

emergency services for dispatch of an emergency service unit;

10. "Sophisticated system" means a basic system with the

additional capability of automatic identification of the caller's

number, holding the incoming call, reconnection on the same

telephone line, clearing a telephone line or automatic call routing

or combinations of such capabilities; and

11. "Transfer method" means a method whereby a call over a

basic or sophisticated system is received and directly transferred

to an appropriate public safety agency or other provider of

emergency services.

Added by Laws 1979, c. 176, § 2, emerg. eff. May 16, 1979. Amended

by Laws 2022, c. 30, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.