Pennsylvania Code
Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION
Part V - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Chapter 120c - TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION STANDARDS FOR 911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PERSONNEL
Section 120c.104 - Certification requirements for current and newly hired emergency communi cations personnel

(a) A county or municipal 911 call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor who is hired on or after August 12, 2000, whether the individual is working full-time or part-time as a permanent or temporary employe, shall comply with all of the training, certification and recertification requirements in this chapter that apply to the individuals's job position, job description or job functions as a call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor.

(b) A county or municipality shall notify the Agency when a newly hired 911 call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor has completed his training program, has successfully passed the practical skills test and is available to take the appropriate written certification examination as described in § 120c.109 (relating to written examinations). The notification shall be provided on a form that is supplied by the Agency. The Agency will then schedule the individual's written examination within 30 days of receipt of the county or municipal notification form.

(c) A county or municipal 911 call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor who is working either full-time or part-time as a permanent or temporary employe before August 12, 2000, shall comply with only the application, age and written examination requirements of this chapter that apply to the individual's certification or recertification as a call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor. Each individual shall take the appropriate written certification examination by May 9, 2001.

(d) This subsection applies whenever a labor union agreement or some other reason requires a county or municipality to use job titles other than call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor to describe its 911 communication center or RDP personnel. Under these circumstances, the county or municipality and the Agency shall jointly compare the functions, duties and responsibilities of each county or municipal job position with the functions, duties and responsibilities of a call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor to determine which regulatory position (call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor) most closely relates to the county or municipal job position. After the joint determination has been made, either the call taker, emergency dispatcher or 911 center supervisor training and certification requirements of this chapter shall be applied to those individual county or municipal job positions. If a county or municipality and the Agency fail to agree on the appropriate training and certification requirements for a county or municipal job position, the Agency will, at its own discretion, decide the matter.