7-31-203. Certification of public safety communications officers -- suspension or revocation -- penalty -- notification requirements. (1) A local government may require that a person appointed to receive requests for emergency services, as defined in 10-4-101, and to dispatch the appropriate emergency service units be certified by the board as a public safety communications officer.
     (2) The board shall determine the certification standards for public safety communications officers as provided in 7-31-202.
     (3) A public safety communications officer who has successfully met the certification standards set by the board and the qualification requirements in 7-31-202 and who has completed a 6-month probationary term of employment must, upon application to the board, be issued a basic public safety communications officer certificate.
     (4) It is unlawful for a person whose certification as a public safety communications officer has been suspended or revoked by the board to act as a public safety communications officer. A person convicted of violating this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a term of imprisonment not to exceed 6 months in the county jail or by a fine not to exceed $500, or both.
     (5) Within 10 days of the appointment, termination, resignation, or death of any public safety communications officer, written notice must be given to the board by the employing authority.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 58, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 437, L. 1993.