(50 ILCS 750/7.1)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)

Sec. 7.1. Training.

(a) Each 9-1-1 Authority, as well as its answering points, shall ensure its public safety telecommunicators and public safety telecommunicator Supervisors comply with the training, testing, and certification requirements established pursuant to Section 2605-53 of the Department of State Police Law.

(b) Each 9-1-1 Authority, as well as its answering points, shall maintain a record regarding its public safety telecommunicators and public safety telecommunicator Supervisors compliance with this Section for at least 7 years and shall make the training records available for inspection by the Administrator upon request.

(c) Costs incurred for the development of standards, training, testing and certification shall be expenses paid by the Department from the funds available to the Administrator and the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board under Section 30 of this Act. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the use of grants or other nonsurcharge funding sources available for this purpose.

(Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21.)