New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 10 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 29 - LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY
Part 10 - PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR
Section 10.29.10.13 - PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION; TIME LIMITATIONS

A. Students who successfully complete a New Mexico law enforcement academy public safety telecommunicator training program will be allowed to take the public safety telecommunicator certification examination. Only those students who have successfully completed all requirements under the minimum standards of training, as determined by the director, will be administered the public safety telecommunicator certification examination.

B. Students will be allowed two opportunities in which to pass the public safety telecommunicator certification examination within one year from the date of completion of a New Mexico law enforcement academy public safety telecommunicator training program. Students who fail the test two times will be required to re-enroll and successfully complete the academy's public safety telecommunicator training program. Students will not be allowed to attend a regional/satellite program.

C. Students who achieve a passing score on the public safety telecommunicator certification examination will be allowed one year from the date of the test in which to be eligible for certification. Certification can be granted only when the eligible student is hired by a recognized New Mexico public safety agency in a telecommunicator position.

D. If a student secures a public safety telecommunicator position after two years from the completion of the public safety telecommunicator certification examination, they will be required to attend and successfully complete another public safety telecommunicator training program certified by the board.

E. Students who have successfully completed a New Mexico law enforcement academy public safety telecommunicator training program and passed the public safety telecommunicator certification examination will be provided a letter from the director attesting to the student's eligibility for certification as a public safety telecommunicator in New Mexico.

F. When all paperwork is completed to the satisfaction of the director for any student requesting certification by successful completion of a New Mexico law enforcement academy public safety telecommunicator program, or any other previous comparable training, the request will be submitted to the board for final approval and award of certification under Subsection C of Section 29-7-1 et. al. NMSA 1978.