§ 68-140-103. Development of system.

TN Code § 68-140-103 (2019) (N/A)

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(1) A provision that determines the basic telecommunications requirements for each emergency medical entity within an emergency medical service area;

(2) An interfacility telecommunications provision that depicts the telecommunications resource coordination center for each emergency medical service area and designate the responsibilities of the center;

(3) A telecommunications resource inventory provision that includes each emergency medical entity and the number of radio operating units, base, mobile, handheld, and other units, per entity;

(4) An operational provision that includes dispatching, logging, and operating procedures pertaining to telecommunications on an emergency medical service area basis;

(5) An emergency medical service access provision that includes the telephone and radio numbering plan throughout the emergency medical service areas for both the landline and wireless requirements; and

(6) Any dispatching entity receiving and dispatching calls for emergency medical services that provides pre-arrival medical care instructions may require persons assigned to handle such calls to be certified as emergency medical dispatchers as defined in § 68-140-302. All such dispatching entities shall have medically approved dispatch protocols.

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