(1) When a certified dispatcher‘s employment terminates or a certified dispatcher’s status changes, the employing agency shall submit a change of status form noting the termination of the certified dispatcher to the division.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 53-6-307

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dispatcher: means an employee of a public safety agency of the state or any of its political subdivisions and whose primary duties are to:
         (6)(a)
              (6)(a)(i) receive calls for one or a combination of, emergency police, fire, and medical services, and to dispatch the appropriate personnel and equipment in response to the calls; and
              (6)(a)(ii) in response to emergency calls, make urgent decisions affecting the life, health, and welfare of the public and public safety employees; or
         (6)(b) supervise dispatchers or direct a dispatch communication center. See Utah Code 53-6-102
  • Division: means the Peace Officer Standards and Training Division created in Section 53-6-103. See Utah Code 53-6-102
  • Person: means :
         (24)(a) an individual;
         (24)(b) an association;
         (24)(c) an institution;
         (24)(d) a corporation;
         (24)(e) a company;
         (24)(f) a trust;
         (24)(g) a limited liability company;
         (24)(h) a partnership;
         (24)(i) a political subdivision;
         (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
         (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) The change of status form shall:

     (2)(a) be completed and submitted within 30 days of the certified dispatcher’s termination date;
     (2)(b) identify the circumstances of the certified dispatcher’s status change by indicating that the certified dispatcher has resigned, retired, terminated, transferred, deceased, or that the certified dispatcher’s name has changed;
     (2)(c) indicate the effective date of action; and
     (2)(d) indicate the name of the new employer, if the status change is due to a transfer.
(3) Any person or agency who intentionally falsifies, misrepresents, or fails to give notice of the change of status of a certified dispatcher is liable to the division for any damages that may be sustained by the failure to make the notification.