1. The Board-approved Emergency Telecommunications Training Program shall include classroom activity. Standards for successful completion of the ETTP program include: A. A passing academic score as determined by the course vendor,B. Successful completion of the Mississippi Emergency Telecommunications 16-Hour Orientation Course (required within the first ninety (90) days from date of hire as a telecommunicator).C. Current certification by a TCPR (online) vendor that shall follow evidence-based nationally recognized guidelines.D. Failure to complete all of these standards will render the student ineligible for certification as an emergency telecommunicator until the deficiency has been corrected. The ETTP program must be completed as a whole unit of training. If individual portions of the training are not successfully completed within the one-year time period, the employer shall be personally responsible for that individual's salary.31 Miss. Code. R. 601-8.2
Miss Code Ann. § 19-5-355