Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Division 30 - Office of the Director
Chapter 13 - 911 Training and Standards Act
Section 11 CSR 30-13.030 - Initial Training

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule defines the training levels and requirements for telecommunicators.

(1) Telecommunicators hired after August 28, 1999, must complete the following training within twelve (12) months of the date of employment. Training must meet the requirements indicated in 11 CSR 30-13.060.

(A) In order to act as a telecommunicator for any law enforcement agency, sixteen (16) hours of police dispatcher training or forty (40) hours of joint communications dispatcher training.

(B) In order to act as a telecommunicator for any fire department, sixteen (16) hours of fire dispatcher training or forty (40) hours of joint communications dispatcher training.

(C) In order to act as a telecommunicator for any emergency medical service, sixteen (16) hours of emergency medical dispatcher training or forty (40) hours of joint communications dispatcher training.

(D) In order to act as a telecommunicator for a joint communications center, forty (40) hours of joint communications dispatcher training.

(2) Individuals who were employed as a telecommunicator prior to August 28, 1999, are not required to complete the initial training requirements, but are encouraged to attend applicable training disciplines as feasible.

*Original authority: 650.340, RSMo 1999, amended 2007.

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