Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 31 - Public Safety
Part 601 - BOARD OF EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS AND TRAINING PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL
Chapter 8 - Standards for Successful Completion of the Emergency Telecommunications Training Program
Rule 31-601-8.3 - Procedures
Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 31-601-8.3
Current through September 24, 2024
1. This section establishes procedures governing the admission, attendance, scoring, and completion of Emergency Telecommunicator training.
A. Admission/enrollment
1. For classroom training, the course
instructor or host agency shall be charged with the registration of students
into the respective basic and emergency medical dispatch (EMD) classes.
Registration shall include those students who currently perform
telecommunicator duties with a public safety, law enforcement, fire, or EMS
agency.
B. Readmission
procedure
1. Any student who is dismissed or
voluntarily withdraws from a basic or EMD training course may be eligible for
readmittance for training at a future date as long as it is within the one-year
period of the date of employment.
C. Academic Students must achieve a final
passing academic score as determined by the vendor to successfully complete the
basic and/or EMD course.
1. The course
instructors shall administer the appropriate vendor test plan to evaluate the
student's retention of knowledge attained in the course.
a. The test plan for the law enforcement and
fire telecommunicator certification must include all of the essential areas of
one of the following Board-approved basic courses:
1. Association of Public-Safety
Communications Officials (APCO) 40-Hour Basic course.
2. National Emergency Communications
Institute (NECI) 40-Hour Basic Course.
3. International Academies of Emergency
Dispatch (IAED) 40-Hour Emergency Telecommunicator Course.
b. The test plan for the emergency medical
telecommunicator certification must include either of the APCO Basic, NECI
Basic, or IAED Basic as well as all of the essential areas of one of the
following Board-approved EMD courses:
1. APCO
32-Hour "Basic EMD Certification Course",
2. NECI 24-Hour "Emergency Medical
Communications Officer" Course,
3.
International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) 24-Hour EMD
Course.
2. The
test plan must ensure re-dress of missed questions for each student. This
effort will be directed toward making the student academically self-sufficient
after the training program.
3. Any
student who fails to achieve a passing academic average as determined by the
course vendor will not be allowed to attain state certification. Students who
are dismissed from a training course for academic reasons may re-enroll in the
next available class.
D.
Scoring Procedures
1. For classroom training,
all testing mechanisms shall be scored under supervision of the course
instructor or course vendor using prescribed procedure.
2. Students shall be given feedback on their
performance for every graded event. Missed answers shall be covered with each
student.
E. Every student
who successfully completes any type of training course will receive a vendor
certificate, signed by the course instructor and/or other appropriate official,
which evidences successful completion of the course. In addition, the course
instructor or course vendor will send a copy of the vendor certificate and the
course roster to the Board for purposes of state
certification.
Miss Code Ann. § 19-5-355
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