FL S0742

Renames "emergency dispatcher" to "public safety telecommunicator" and expands the definition to include answering, receiving, transferring, and dispatching functions related to 911 calls.

Requires all persons employed as 911 public safety telecommunicators at public safety answering points to be certified by the Department of Health effective October 1, 2012, and establishes a 232-hour training program requirement.

Adds passage of a departmental examination as a certification requirement effective October 1, 2012, with an exemption for those employed before April 1, 2012 who pass the exam.

Reduces initial certification fees from $75 to $50 and biennial renewal fees from $100 to $50, and establishes fees not to exceed $75 for examinations and $50 for training program approvals.

Authorizes use of E911 fees for dispatching functions and allows certification/recertification fees collected by the Department of Health to be used as eligible E911 expenditures.