Section 28-27 - Implementation of enhanced 9-1-1 service and next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system. Technical and operational standards. Regulations(a) The division shall, subject to review by the commission, administer and coordinate the implementation of enhanced 9-1-1 service and the next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system in the state.(b) The division, in consultation with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, telephone companies, municipalities and public safety agencies, and subject to the review and approval of the commission, shall establish technical and operational standards for the establishment of public safety answering points which utilize enhanced 9-1-1 network features in accordance with the provisions of sections 28-25, 28-25a, 28-25b, 28-26, 28-27a, 28-28, 28-28a, 28-28b, 28-29, 28-29a and 28-29b on or before June 30, 1985. The division, in consultation with private companies, corporations or institutions, and subject to the review and approval of the commission, shall establish technical and operational standards for the establishment of private safety answering points which utilize enhanced 9-1-1 network features in accordance with the provisions of said sections on or before September 1, 1991, and at any time the division may amend such standards. Municipalities shall comply with such standards in the design, implementation and operation of public safety answering points. The division may inspect each public safety answering point and private safety answering point which utilizes enhanced 9-1-1 network features to determine if it meets the requirements of said sections and the technical and operational standards established pursuant to this section.(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the commission, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning the establishment and operation of public safety answering points and private safety answering points.(P.A. 84-416, S. 5, 15; P.A. 90-230, S. 44, 101; P.A. 91-360, S. 3, 4; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-12, S. 5, 10; P.A. 93-206, S. 9, 16; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 16-150, S. 5.)
Amended by P.A. 16-0150, S. 5 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2016. Cited. 223 Conn. 731.