Section 1-301 - Definitions(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:(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; or2. 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.Brought forward without change, 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 293,Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 349, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2022.Amended by 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 288, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2021.Amended by 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 287, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2021.Brought forward without change, 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 379, Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2021.Brought forward without change, 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 378, Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2021.Amended by 2020 Md. Laws, Ch. 376, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2020.Amended by 2020 Md. Laws, Ch. 375, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2020.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 302, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 301, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 313, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2013.