Utah Code 53-6-307. Termination of employment — Change of status form

(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.

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:

(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

(ii)	in response to emergency calls, make urgent decisions affecting the life, health, and welfare of the public and public safety employees; or

(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

(2)

The change of status form shall:

(a)	be completed and submitted within 30 days of the certified dispatcher’s termination date;

(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;

(c)	indicate the effective date of action; and

(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.

Enacted by Chapter 134, 1995 General Session