(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) "Board" means the Maryland 9-1-1 Board. (c) "Commercial mobile radio service" or "CMRS" means mobile telecommunications service that is: (1) provided for profit with the intent of receiving compensation or monetary gain; (2) an interconnected, two-way voice service; and (3) available to the public. (d) "Commercial mobile radio service provider" or "CMRS provider" means a person authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to provide CMRS in the State. (e) "County 9-1-1 fee" means the fee imposed by a county in accordance with § 1-311 of this subtitle. (f) "County plan" means a plan for a 9-1-1 system or enhanced 9-1-1 system, or an amendment to the plan, developed by a county or several counties together under this subtitle. (g) (1) "Customer" means: (i) the person that contracts with a home service provider for CMRS; or (ii) the end user of the CMRS if the end user of the CMRS is not the contracting party. (2) "Customer" does not include: (i) a reseller of CMRS; or (ii) a serving carrier under an arrangement to serve the customer outside the home service provider's licensed service area. (h) "Enhanced 9-1-1 system" means a 9-1-1 system that provides: (1) automatic number identification; (2) automatic location identification; and (3) any other technological advancements that the Board requires. (i) "FCC order" means an order issued by the Federal Communications Commission under proceedings regarding the compatibility of enhanced 9-1-1 systems and delivery of wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service. (j) (1) "First responder" means an employee of a State or local public safety agency that provides emergency response services. (2) "First responder" includes: (i) a firefighter; (ii) a paramedic; (iii) an emergency medical technician; (iv) a rescue squad member; (v) a sworn member of the Office of the State Fire Marshal; (vi) a member of a volunteer fire or rescue company who is a covered employee under § 9-234 of the Labor and Employment Article; (vii) an individual who is licensed or certified under § 13-516 of the Education Article; and (viii) a 9-1-1 specialist. (k) "Home service provider" means the facilities-based carrier or reseller that contracts with a customer to provide CMRS. (l) "Next Generation 9-1-1 services" means an Internet Protocol (IP)- based system, comprised of hardware, software, data, and operational policies and procedures, that: (1) provides standardized interfaces from emergency call and message services to support emergency communications; (2) processes all types of requests for emergency services, including voice, text, data, and multimedia information; (3) acquires and integrates additional emergency call data useful to routing and handling of requests for emergency services; (4) delivers the emergency calls, messages, and data to the appropriate public safety answering point and other appropriate emergency entities; (5) supports data or video communications needs for coordinated incident response and management; and (6) provides broadband service to public safety answering points or other first responder entities. (m) "9-1-1-accessible service" means telephone service or another communications service that connects an individual dialing the digits 9-1-1 to an established public safety answering point. (n) (1) "9-1-1 service carrier" means a provider of CMRS or other 9-1- 1-accessible service. (2) "9-1-1 service carrier" does not include a telephone company. (o) "9-1-1 specialist" means an employee of a county public safety answering point, or an employee working in a county public safety answering point, whose duties and responsibilities include: (1) receiving and processing 9-1-1 requests for emergency services; (2) other support functions directly related to 9-1-1 requests for emergency services; or (3) dispatching law enforcement officers, fire rescue services, emergency medical services, and other public safety services to the scene of an emergency. (p) (1) "9-1-1 system" means telephone service that: (i) meets the planning guidelines established under this subtitle; and (ii) automatically connects an individual dialing the digits 9- 1-1 to an established public safety answering point. (2) "9-1-1 system" includes: (i) equipment for connecting and outswitching 9-1-1 calls within a telephone central office; (ii) trunking facilities from a telephone central office to a public safety answering point; and (iii) equipment to connect 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate public safety agency. (q) "9-1-1 Trust Fund" means the fund established under § 1-308 of this subtitle. (r) "Prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee" means the fee that is required to be collected by a seller from a consumer in the amount established under § 1-313 of this subtitle. (s) "Prepaid wireless telecommunications service" means a commercial mobile radio service that: (1) allows a consumer to dial 9-1-1 to access the 9-1-1 system; (2) must be paid for in advance; and (3) is sold in predetermined units that decline with use in a known amount. (t) "Public safety agency" means: (1) a functional division of a public agency that provides fire fighting, police, medical, or other emergency services; or (2) a private entity that provides fire fighting, police, medical, or other emergency services on a voluntary basis. (u) "Public safety answering point" means a communications facility that: (1) is operated on a 24-hour basis; (2) first receives 9-1-1 requests for emergency services in a 9-1-1 service area; and (3) as appropriate: (i) dispatches public safety services directly; (ii) transmits incident data to appropriate public safety agencies within the State for the dispatch of public safety services; or (iii) transfers 9-1-1 requests for emergency services or transmits incident data to: 1. an appropriate federal emergency communication center responsible for the delivery of public safety services on a federal campus or federal reservation; or 2. an appropriate public safety answering point located within or outside the State. (v) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Emergency Management. (w) "Seller" means a person that sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service to another person. (x) "State 9-1-1 fee" means the fee imposed in accordance with § 1-310 of this subtitle. (y) "Wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service" means enhanced 9-1-1 service under an FCC order.
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