{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-140-103","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-140-103","heading":"Development of system.","body":"The department is authorized and directed to develop a compatible statewide system of emergency medical service area telecommunications. In formulating such a system, the department shall develop a program that includes, but is not limited to, the following provisions:\n(1) A provision that determines the basic telecommunications requirements for each emergency medical entity within an emergency medical service area;\n(2) An interfacility telecommunications provision that depicts the telecommunications resource coordination center for each emergency medical service area and designate the responsibilities of the center;\n(3) A telecommunications resource inventory provision that includes each emergency medical entity and the number of radio operating units, base, mobile, handheld, and other units, per entity;\n(4) An operational provision that includes dispatching, logging, and operating procedures pertaining to telecommunications on an emergency medical service area basis;\n(5) An emergency medical service access provision that includes the telephone and radio numbering plan throughout the emergency medical service areas for both the landline and wireless requirements; and\n(6) Any dispatching entity receiving and dispatching calls for emergency medical services that provides pre-arrival medical care instructions may require persons assigned to handle such calls to be certified as emergency medical dispatchers as defined in § 68-140-302. All such dispatching entities shall have medically approved dispatch protocols.","path":["Title 68 Health, Safety and Environmental Protection","Chapter 140 Emergency Services","Part 1 Emergency Medical Service Area Telecommunications"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.tn.tca/release76.2021.05.21/gov.tn.tca.title.68.odt","current_through":"2021-05-21","vintage":"Tennessee Code Release 76 (2021-05), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:57:36Z","sha256":"cf11d8ade20b9990b7565191bfe55a47c8b6da9d843a32d5e232edcce3fc6614","source_id":"us-tn","stale":true,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-140-102","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-140-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}