Sec. 1701.3071.  ISSUANCE OF TELECOMMUNICATOR LICENSE.  (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.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 968 (H.B. 1951), Sec. 7, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by: 
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 15 (H.B. 786), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.