Bill Text: FL S0890 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Telecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-08 - Laid on Table, refer to HB 593 [S0890 Detail]
Download: Florida-2022-S0890-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2022 SB 890 By Senator Burgess 20-00622A-22 2022890__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to telecommunicator cardiopulmonary 3 resuscitation; amending s. 401.465, F.S.; defining the 4 term “telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation 5 training”; requiring certain 911 public safety 6 telecommunicators to receive ongoing telecommunicator 7 cardiopulmonary resuscitation training; authorizing 8 public safety agencies and certain other agencies to 9 enter into reciprocal agreements to provide 10 telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation under 11 certain circumstances; providing requirements for 12 certain employees who answer emergency medical service 13 calls; providing an effective date. 14 15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 17 Section 1. Present subsections (3) and (4) of section 18 401.465, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4) 19 and (5), respectively, paragraph (d) is added to subsection (1), 20 a new subsection (3) is added to that section, and paragraphs 21 (d) and (j) of subsection (2) of that section are amended, to 22 read: 23 401.465 911 public safety telecommunicator certification.— 24 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 25 (d) “Telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation 26 training” means specific training and continuing education that 27 is evidence-based and uses nationally accepted guidelines for 28 high-quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 29 including training in the recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac 30 arrest over the telephone and the delivery of telephonic 31 instructions for treating such cardiac arrest and performing 32 compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 33 (2) PERSONNEL; STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION.— 34 (d) The department shall determine whether the applicant 35 meets the requirements specified in this section and in the 36 rules of the department and shall issue a certificate to any 37 person who meets such requirements. Such requirements must 38 include the following: 39 1. Completion of an appropriate 911 public safety 40 telecommunication training program; 41 2. Certification under oath that the applicant is not 42 addicted to alcohol or any controlled substance; 43 3. Certification under oath that the applicant is free from 44 any physical or mental defect or disease that might impair the 45 applicant’s ability to perform his or her duties; 46 4. Submission of the application fee prescribed in 47 subsection (4)(3); 48 5. Submission of a completed application to the department 49 which indicates compliance with subparagraphs 1., 2., and 3.; 50 and 51 6. Effective October 1, 2012, passage of an examination 52 approved by the department which measures the applicant’s 53 competency and proficiency in the subject material of the public 54 safety telecommunication training program. 55 (j)1. The requirement for certification as a 911 public 56 safety telecommunicator is waived for a person employed as a 57 sworn state-certified law enforcement officer, provided the 58 officer: 59 a. Is selected by his or her chief executive to perform as 60 a 911 public safety telecommunicator; 61 b. Performs as a 911 public safety telecommunicator on an 62 occasional or limited basis; and 63 c. Passes the department-approved examination that measures 64 the competency and proficiency of an applicant in the subject 65 material comprising the public safety telecommunication program. 66 2. A sworn state-certified law enforcement officer who 67 fails an examination taken under subparagraph 1. must take a 68 department-approved public safety telecommunication training 69 program prior to retaking the examination. 70 3. The testing required under this paragraph is exempt from 71 the examination fee required under subsection (4)(3). 72 (3) TELECOMMUNICATOR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION 73 TRAINING; RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS.— 74 (a) In addition to the certification and recertification 75 requirements imposed in subsection (2), 911 public safety 76 telecommunicators who take telephone calls and provide dispatch 77 functions for emergency medical conditions must complete 78 telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and 79 continuing education as deemed appropriate by the department. 80 (b) A public safety agency as defined in s. 365.171(3) or 81 an agency receiving or dispatching emergency medical service 82 calls may enter into a reciprocal agreement with another public 83 safety agency, a dedicated telephone line, or a call center to 84 provide telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, provided 85 the public safety agency or other agency that accepts the call 86 has 911 public safety telecommunicators who are trained in 87 telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordance 88 with this section. 89 (c) Any employee of a public safety agency who answers 90 emergency medical service calls shall, as appropriate, provide 91 direct telephonic assistance in administering cardiopulmonary 92 resuscitation or transfer calls to a dedicated telephone line, 93 call center, or other public safety agency with which the 94 transferring public safety agency has a reciprocal agreement. 95 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.