South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 19 - STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD › Article 2 - INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT › Subarticle 1 - STANDARDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATION, AND FUNDING OF 9-1-1 LOCAL EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICES SYSTEMS › Section 19-203 - Information Requirements for Final Application

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
Final applications must address, affirm compliance with, and
				  furnish information in accordance with each section and subsection below,
				  explicitly, completely, and in the order given, to allow for a speedy and
				  accurate review. It is recognized that much of the information requested below
				  will be included in other primary documents. It is not necessary to transcribe
				  such material into the prescribed order or format, but, instead, a
				  cross-reference guide must be provided, arranged in the required order, to
				  provide exact reference for quick and straightforward access to the needed
				  information. Copies of all referenced primary documents must be furnished with
				  the application, and all referenced locations must contain sufficiently
				  complete and explicit information.
A.
				Government entities planning to make available 9-1-1 services are encouraged to
				implement Enhanced 9-1-1 (E911) systems. However, where an E911 system is
				determined to be prohibitively costly or otherwise not feasible, and Basic
				9-1-1 service can be shown to be reasonably adequate to the public's needs and
				safety, a Basic 9-1-1 system may be proposed. A Basic 9-1-1 system may be
				proposed as a temporary measure during development and pending implementation
				of full E911 capabilities. Applications must clearly identify the type of
				system proposed and contain sufficient explanatory information to justify such
				determination. In the event a Basic 9-1-1 system is proposed as a temporary
				measure, the application must indicate a proposed schedule or timetable for
				ultimate Enhanced 9-1-1 implementation.
B. Applications must include a statement of
				responsibility by which the government entity making application is identified
				and assumes responsibility for all matters and consequences relating to the
				implementation and operation of the planned 9-1-1 system, subject to
				limitations of legal liability specified in the Act. Applications must include
				name, title, address, and telephone number of the 9-1-1 project coordinator. In
				the case of planned regional systems, involving two or more distinct,
				coordinate government entities, a single statement of responsibility must
				delineate and make explicit respective administrative, operational, and fiscal
				functions and responsibilities by which the participating government entities
				will jointly undertake the planned 9-1-1 system as a whole.
C. Services made available through 9-1-1 must
				include all law enforcement, fire protection, emergency rescue, and EMS
				services in the PCA. Other emergency services may be included for potential
				9-1-1 access; such services must be identified and described in the
				application. A 9-1-1 system must include in its PCA all of the territory of the
				government entity making application. A regional system must include in its PCA
				all of the territories of each of the separate government entities jointly
				making application. Applications must identify all 9-1-1 systems, basic and
				enhanced, operational and under development, that have coverage areas in common
				with the PCA.
D. Applications must
				include a listing of all public safety agents and other service providers
				accessible through the planned 9-1-1 system. Location, address, name of contact
				person, and telephone number(s) must be provided for each listed agent and
				service.
E. Applications must
				contain letters of understanding between the government entity making
				application and each public safety agent and other emergency service provider
				not falling under the direct administrative or operational control of the
				entity making application, defining a standard mutual operational relationship,
				and a joint acceptance and specific assignment of duties and responsibilities
				associated with 9-1-1 system operation. Where multiple public safety agents
				and/or other planned 9-1-1 accessible services have concurrent or overlapping
				jurisdictions within the PCA, a clear understanding of which specific calls for
				assistance will be referred to individual public safety agents and other
				services must be evidenced.
F.
				Applications must include written guidelines and procedures, based on internal
				policies and procedures of the government entity making application, or based
				on the above understandings with other public safety agents and emergency
				service providers, that will govern appropriate assignment of calls for
				assistance by/from each proposed 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to
				the various public safety agents and other emergency services able to respond
				to such calls. Certain such agents and services may be physically located
				outside the PCA: each such instance must be noted, and corresponding 9-1-1 call
				assignment patterns must be shown to coordinate with assignment patterns in
				adjacent jurisdictions in a manner not unduly affecting emergency
				responsiveness in those jurisdictions.
G. The proposed 9-1-1 system, to include all
				planned services and coverage/response areas and patterns, must be coordinated
				with services and coverage/response areas and patterns associated with all
				adjacent 9-1-1 systems and their respective PCA's, and all other adjacent
				public safety jurisdictions and activities. Application must identify and
				verify all points of such required coordination.
H. Applications must contain letters of
				understanding between the government entity making application and the
				telephone service supplier, or local exchange carrier, whose equipment,
				facilities, and/or services will be employed to support planned 9-1-1 service
				and/or from whose subscriber billing supporting revenues will be derived. Such
				agreement(s) must affirm details of compliance with the Act. Such agreement(s)
				must assign and make clear all respective roles, duties, and functions
				pertaining to proper 9-1-1 system planning, development, implementation, and
				operation. Such agreement(s) must specifically:
(1) Present a master schedule, or "system
				time line", detailing the schedule and sequencing of all major and/or critical
				events associated with 9-1-1 system planning, development, implementation, and
				operation; and
(2) Detail and
				schedule the particulars of street address data base creation, data element and
				data format standardization, data coordination, and periodic data base
				reconciliation and rectification, to ensure proper ANI-ALI correspondence and
				optimal 9-1-1 system responsiveness and efficiency; and
(3) Cite and present the text of the
				ordinance to be adopted, imposing a monthly 9-1-1 charge upon each local
				exchange access facility subscriber, and indicate the amount of the uniform
				monthly 9-1-1 charge imposed or to be imposed initially; and
(4) Describe billing procedures and detail
				the schedule and mechanism for transfer of funds from telephone service
				supplier(s), or LEC(s), to the government entity responsible for 9-1-1 system
				implementation and operation; and
(5) Affirm the creation of an Emergency
				Telephone System Fund, as specified in the Act, specifying the use of that fund
				solely to defray costs associated with those items allowed in the Act, to
				include all telephone service suppliers' allowed charges for equipment,
				facilities, and services in support of the planned 9-1-1 system; and excluding
				those items disallowed in the Act; and
(6) Specify a mechanism for annual review and
				adjustment of the uniform monthly telephone subscriber charge for 9-1-1
				service, so to maintain a minimal Emergency Telephone System Fund balance
				necessary for continuing proper support of 9-1-1 services.