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19-5-311 - Methods for responding to emergency calls.

§ 19-5-311. Methods for responding to emergency calls.
 

The emergency telephone system shall, when so authorized by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting on the proposal in an election held for that purpose, be designed to have the capability of utilizing at least one (1) of the following three (3) methods in response to emergency calls: 
 

(a) "District dispatch method," which is a telephone service to a centralized dispatch center providing for the dispatch of an appropriate emergency service unit upon receipt of a telephone request for such services and a decision as to the proper action to be taken, including an E911 system. 

(b) "Relay method," which is a telephone service whereby pertinent information is noted by the recipient of a telephone request for emergency services and is relayed to appropriate public safety agencies or other providers of emergency services for dispatch of an emergency service unit. 

(c) "Transfer method," which is a telephone service which receives telephone requests for emergency services and directly transfers such requests to an appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services. 

The board of commissioners shall select the method which it determines to be the most feasible for the county. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1987, ch. 310, § 6; Laws, 1993, ch. 536, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 1993.
 

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