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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to 911 public safety 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | telecommunicators; amending s. 112.1815, F.S.; 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | revising the definition of the term "first responder" 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | to include 911 public safety telecommunicators; 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | amending s. 401.465, F.S.; revising the criteria and 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | number of hours of training required for 911 public 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | safety telecommunicator certification; providing an 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | effective date. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Flo rida: 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 112.1815, Florida 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 112.1815 Firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | technicians, and law enforcement officers , and 911 public safety 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | telecommunicators; special provisions fo r employment-related 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | accidents and injuries. — 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) The term "first responder" as used in this section 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | means a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10, a 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | firefighter as defined in s. 633.102, or an emergency medical 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | technician or paramedic as defin ed in s. 401.23, or a 911 public 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | safety telecommunicator as defined in s. 401.465 employed by 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | state or local government. A volunteer law enforcement officer, 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | firefighter, or emergency medical technician or paramedic , or 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 911 public safety telecommunicator engaged by the state or a 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | local government is also considered a first responder of the 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | state or local government for purposes of this section. 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 401.465, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 401.465 911 public safety telecommunicator certification. — 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (d) "Public safety telecommunication training program" 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | means a 911 emergency public safety telecommunication training 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | program that the department de termines to be equivalent to the 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | public safety telecommunication training program curriculum 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | framework developed by the Department of Education and consists 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | of not less than 238 232 hours, of which at least 6 hours must 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | be telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training . 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 40 |
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