Section R. 484.802 - DefinitionsRule 2. As used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means the emergency 9-1-1 service enabling act, 1986 PA 32, MCL 484.1101 to 484.1717.(b) "Basic telecommunicator training" means the minimum level of training for 9-1-1 telecommunicators who perform 9-1-1 call-taking and emergency services dispatching.(c) "Date of hire" means the start date of work as documented in a telecommunicators personnel record.(d) "Delinquent telecommunicator" means a trainee telecommunicator who has not completed the training requirements in R 484.804(2) and (4), or a designated telecommunicator who has not completed the requirements in R 484.805.(e) "Designated telecommunicator" means any person who has completed the required training within the required time frame, as specified in R 484.804 and R 484.805.(f) "Exigent circumstance" means a crisis situation lasting not more than 2 hours that may arise in a primary psap, with little or no notice, in which the 9-1-1 calls cannot be managed without using a delinquent or undesignated telecommunicator, or other similarly situated employees.(g) "In-service training" means course work approved by the committee under the act.(h) "Internal training" means training that is specific to a primary psap and may be used toward the continuing education credits for the designated telecommunicator. Internal training shall not be approved for funding under MCL 484.1408(4)(c).(i) "Leave of absence" means a period of time that a telecommunicator is absent from work, during regularly scheduled work time and that is approved by the employing agency.(j) "Telecommunicator" means a person answering or processing 9-1-1 calls at a primary psap.(k) "Trainee telecommunicator" means either of the following:(i) A person hired as a telecommunicator not more than 12 months before the effective date of these rules.(ii) A person hired after the effective date of these rules who has not completed the requirements of R 484.804(2) and (4). (l) "Undesignated telecommunicator" means a person who has not met the training requirements of these rules; who is not able to perform dispatch duties except in exigent circumstances; and, whose employing agency has been notified by the committee of the designation and corrective measures found in R 484.805(4).Mich. Admin. Code R. 484.802