Sec. 773.144.  TRAINING PROGRAMS.  (a)  The department may offer emergency medical services call taker training programs and may approve training programs offered by other persons.  The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum standards for approval of training programs and certification and decertification of program instructors.
(b)  The provider of an emergency medical services call taker training program shall issue an emergency medical services call taker a certificate evidencing completion of the training program.  The executive commissioner by rule may require that, before issuance of the certificate, the call taker successfully complete an examination administered by the department, by the provider of the training program, or by another person.
(c)  The executive commissioner by rule may provide that a certificate issued under Subsection (b) expires at the end of a specified period not less than one year after the date on which the certificate is issued and may adopt requirements, including additional training or examination, for renewal of the certificate.
(d)  The executive commissioner by rule may adopt other requirements relating to emergency medical services call taker training programs.  The establishment of minimum standards under this section does not prohibit the entity that is employing or accepting the volunteer services of the emergency medical services call taker from imposing additional training standards or procedures.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 19.10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1565, eff. April 2, 2015.