Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.3071
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.3071, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 1701.3071. ISSUANCE OF TELECOMMUNICATOR LICENSE.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission shall issue a telecommunicator license to a person who:
(1) submits an application;
(2) completes the required training;
(3) passes the required examination; and
(4) meets any other requirement of this chapter and the rules prescribed by the commission to qualify as a telecommunicator.
(a-1) The training required by Subsection (a)(2) must include telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training that:
(1) uses the most current nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines;
(2) incorporates recognition protocols for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; and
(3) provides information on best practices for relaying compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions to callers.
(b) The commission may issue a temporary or permanent license to a person to act as a telecommunicator.
(1) submits an application;
(2) completes the required training;
(3) passes the required examination; and
(4) meets any other requirement of this chapter and the rules prescribed by the commission to qualify as a telecommunicator.
(a-1) The training required by Subsection (a)(2) must include telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training that:
(1) uses the most current nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines;
(2) incorporates recognition protocols for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; and
(3) provides information on best practices for relaying compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions to callers.
(b) The commission may issue a temporary or permanent license to a person to act as a telecommunicator.
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