Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.3071 · Subchapter G. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS; DISQUALIFICATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS
ISSUANCE OF TELECOMMUNICATOR LICENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
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.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1701.htm
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