§ 36-8-16.8-8 — PSAP continuing education; recording of annual requirement

Indiana § 36-8-16.8-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 8: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Ch. 16.8: Public Safety Telecommunicator Training

Text

(a) A unit operating a PSAP shall require
each public safety telecommunicator to:
(1) complete the unit's training program established under section
6 of this chapter:
(A) within one (1) year of the date of the program's
implementation; or
(B) within one (1) year of the public safety telecommunicator's
date of hire; and
(2) beginning on January 1, 2024, complete twenty-four (24)
hours of continuing education training, which may include
recertification, in each calendar year beginning after December 31
of the calendar year in which the public safety telecommunicator
completes the minimum basic training requirements established
under section 6 of this chapter.
(b) A unit shall approve continuing education courses that are
eligible to meet the annual requirement in subsection (a)(2).
(c) A unit shall record the completion of an approved continuing
education course and count it towards a public safety
telecommunicator's satisfaction of the annual requirement in subsection
(a)(2). A unit shall also record the name of each public safety
telecommunicator who completes the annual requirement in subsection
(a)(2) and provide that information to the board as part of the annual
data collection described in IC 36-8-16.7-38.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.13-2022, SEC.2.