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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 1133.16. Public safety telecommunicator; instruction

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. (1) A public safety telecommunicator shall be trained in telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) utilizing training that meets or exceeds nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines adopted by the bureau every two years. At a minimum, this training shall incorporate recognition protocols for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, compression-only CPR instructions for callers, and continuing education as appropriate.

(2) On or before January 1, 2019, each public safety telecommunicator in a parish with a population greater than one hundred thousand, according to the latest federal decennial census, shall complete the T-CPR training required by this Section.

(3) On or before January 1, 2020, each public safety telecommunicator in a parish with a population between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand, according to the latest federal decennial census, shall complete the T-CPR training required by this Section.

(4) On or before January 1, 2021, each public safety telecommunicator in a parish with a population less than fifty thousand, according to the latest federal decennial census, shall complete the T-CPR training required by this Section.

B. A public safety agency may enter into a reciprocal agreement with another public safety agency to provide T-CPR, provided that the agency that accepts the call has a public safety telecommunicator who is trained in T-CPR as provided by this Section.

C. The bureau shall identify all public and private agencies, institutions, and individuals that are or may be engaged in T-CPR training and set minimum standards for course approval, instruction, and examination, including online training modules based on nationally recognized guidelines. The bureau shall implement an efficient means for each public safety agency employing public safety telecommunicators to transmit identifying information for the public safety telecommunicators in their employ and an efficient means for either the public safety agency or the public safety telecommunicator to provide a certificate of completion of the T-CPR training required by this Section.

D. The department shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.

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