§ 36-8-25-10 — Public safety answering point duties

Indiana § 36-8-25-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 8: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Ch. 25: T-CPR Training for Public Safety Telecommunicators

Text

If a public safety answering point (as
described in IC 36-8-16.7-20) transfers a telephone caller to a public
safety telecommunicator described under section 3 of this chapter, the
public safety answering point shall do the following:
(1) Use an evidence based protocol approved by the public safety
answering point's medical director for the identification of a
person in need of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
(2) Provide appropriate training and continuing education, as
determined by an evidence based protocol and approved by the
public safety answering point's medical director, for identification
of a person in need of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
(3) Ensure that any public safety answering point that transfers a
telephone call uses public safety telecommunicators who meet the
training requirements set forth under section 5 of this chapter to
provide instruction on administering cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.54-2019, SEC.4.