Tennessee § 68-140-103 - Development of system.
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§ 68-140-103. Development of system.
The department is authorized and directed to develop a compatible statewide system of emergency medical service area telecommunications. In formulating such a system, the department shall develop a program that includes, but is not limited to, the following provisions: A provision that determines the basic telecommunications requirements for each emergency medical entity within an emergency medical service area; An interfacility telecommunications provision that depicts the telecommunications resource coordination center for each emergency medical service area and designate the responsibilities of the center; A telecommunications resource inventory provision that includes each emergency medical entity and the number of radio operating units, base, mobile, handheld, and other units, per entity; An operational provision that includes dispatching, logging, and operating procedures pertaining to telecommunications on an emergency medical service area basis; An emergency medical service access provision that includes the telephone and radio numbering plan throughout the emergency medical service areas for both the landline and wireless requirements; and Any dispatching entity receiving and dispatching calls for emergency medical services that provides pre-arrival medical care instructions may require persons assigned to handle such calls to be certified as emergency medical dispatchers as defined in § 68-140-302. All such dispatching entities shall have medically approved dispatch protocols. Acts 1977, ch. 21, § 3; T.C.A., §§ 53-5123, 68-39-203 ; Acts 1994, ch. 726, § 2; T.C.A. § 68-140-203 . Code Commission Notes. Former § 68-140-203 was transferred to § 68-140-103 by authority of the code commission in 2011. Compiler's Notes. This section may be affected by § 9-1-116 , concerning entitlement to funds, absent appropriation.
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