§ 63.2802

As used in this act: 1. 'Authority' means the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority;2. 'Basic system' means a telephone service which automatically connects a person dialing the primary emergency telephone number to an established public safety answering point through normal telephone service facilities;3. 'Direct dispatch method' means a method whereby a call over a basic or sophisticated system is connected to a centralized dispatch center providing for the dispatching of an appropriate emergency service unit upon receipt of a telephone request for such services and a decision as to the proper action to be taken;4. 'Methods', as used in paragraphs 3, 8, 9 and 11 of this section, means the procedures to be followed by the public agency or public safety agency affected by such paragraphs;5. 'Primary emergency telephone number' means the digits nine-one-one (911);6. 'Public agency' means any agency or political subdivision of the state which provides or has authority to provide fire fighting, police, ambulance, medical or other emergency services;7. 'Public safety agency' means a functional division of a public agency which provides fire fighting, police, medical or other emergency

hting, police, ambulance, medical or other emergency services;7. 'Public safety agency' means a functional division of a public agency which provides fire fighting, police, medical or other emergency services;8. 'Referral method' means a method whereby a call over a basic or sophisticated system results in providing the requesting party with the telephone number of the appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services;9. 'Relay method' means a method whereby a call over a basic or sophisticated system results in pertinent information being noted by the recipient of a telephone request for emergency services and is relayed to appropriate public safety agencies or other providers of emergency services for dispatch of an emergency service unit;10. 'Sophisticated system' means a basic system with the additional capability of automatic identification of the caller's number, holding the incoming call, reconnection on the same telephone line, clearing a telephone line or automatic call routing or combinations of such capabilities; and11. 'Transfer method' means a method whereby a call over a basic or sophisticated system is received and directly transferred to an

or automatic call routing or combinations of such capabilities; and11. 'Transfer method' means a method whereby a call over a basic or sophisticated system is received and directly transferred to an appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services.Added by Laws 1979, c. 176, § 2, emerg. eff. May 16, 1979. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 30, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.