Development of System

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
4. Emergency Services
5. Emergency Medical Service Area Telecommunications
6. Development of System

The department is authorized and directed to develop a compatible statewide system of emergency medical service area telecommunications. In formulating such a system, the department shall develop a program that includes, but is not limited to, the following provisions:

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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