Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part V - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY › Chapter 120c - TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION STANDARDS FOR 911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PERSONNEL › Section 120c.104 - Certification requirements for current and newly hired emergency communi cations personnel

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
				county or municipal 911 call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center
				supervisor who is hired on or after August 12, 2000, whether the individual is
				working full-time or part-time as a permanent or temporary employe, shall
				comply with all of the training, certification and recertification requirements
				in this chapter that apply to the individuals's job position, job description
				or job functions as a call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center
				supervisor.
(b) A county or
				municipality shall notify the Agency when a newly hired 911 call taker,
				emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor has completed his training
				program, has successfully passed the practical skills test and is available to
				take the appropriate written certification examination as described in §
									120c.109 (relating to written
				examinations). The notification shall be provided on a form that is supplied by
				the Agency. The Agency will then schedule the individual's written examination
				within 30 days of receipt of the county or municipal notification
				form.
(c) A county or municipal 911
				call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor who is working either
				full-time or part-time as a permanent or temporary employe before August 12,
				2000, shall comply with only the application, age and written examination
				requirements of this chapter that apply to the individual's certification or
				recertification as a call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor.
				Each individual shall take the appropriate written certification examination by
				May 9, 2001.
(d) This subsection
				applies whenever a labor union agreement or some other reason requires a county
				or municipality to use job titles other than call taker, emergency dispatcher
				or 911 center supervisor to describe its 911 communication center or RDP
				personnel. Under these circumstances, the county or municipality and the Agency
				shall jointly compare the functions, duties and responsibilities of each county
				or municipal job position with the functions, duties and responsibilities of a
				call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor to determine which
				regulatory position (call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor)
				most closely relates to the county or municipal job position. After the joint
				determination has been made, either the call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911
				center supervisor training and certification requirements of this chapter shall
				be applied to those individual county or municipal job positions. If a county
				or municipality and the Agency fail to agree on the appropriate training and
				certification requirements for a county or municipal job position, the Agency
				will, at its own discretion, decide the matter.