Charles County, MD
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2023-04-25
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Division 2: Code of Ordinances and Resolutions
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 283 Telephone Access to 911 Emergency Assistance
- Division 1: Code of Public Local Laws
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 (Reserved)
- Ch 5 Artificial Tanning Devices
- Ch 8 Bond Sales
- Ch 10 (Reserved)
- Ch 13 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Building Code
- Ch 17 Building Projects
- Ch 21 Circuit Court
- Ch 24 Code Supplements
- Ch 27 Commissioners, County
- Ch 30 (Reserved)
- Ch 34 Dredging Operations
- Ch 37 Elderly Care Homes
- Ch 38 Election Districts
- Ch 41 Electrical Apparatus and Wiring
- Ch 44 (Reserved)
- Ch 45 False Alarms
- Ch 48 Fiscal and Administrative Services, Department of
- Ch 51 Firearms
- Ch 54 Volunteer Fire Companies, Rescue Squads, Mobile Intensive Care Units and Dive Rescue Units
- Ch 58 Garbage
- Ch 62 Heritage Commission
- Ch 64 Housing Cooperatives
- Ch 67 Hucksters
- Ch 69 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 70 Human Resources Committee
- Ch 72 Hunting
- Ch 75 Landings, Public
- Ch 77 Land Records
- Ch 79 Massage Establishments
- Ch 80 Medical Treatment and Facilities
- Ch 81 Minimum Livability Code
- Ch 85 Nuisances; Public Health
- Ch 87 Officers and Employees
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 97 Planning and Growth Management, Department of; Facilities, Department of
- Ch 100 Right to Farm
- Ch 104 Roads and Bridges
- Ch 108 (Reserved)
- Ch 111 (Reserved)
- Ch 114 Scholarships
- Ch 116 Schools
- Ch 119 Self-Liquidating Projects
- Ch 122 Sewers and Drainage Systems
- Ch 125 Sheriff
- Ch 127 Smoking and Tobacco Products
- Ch 130 Trailers and Trailer Parks
- Ch 133 Trash Disposal
- Ch 136 (Reserved)
- Ch 140 Women's Commission
- Ch 145 Zoning
- Division 2: Code of Ordinances and Resolutions
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 147 Advocacy Council for Children, Youth and Families
- Ch 148 Affirmative Action
- Ch 150 Appeals, Board of
- Ch 153 (Reserved)
- Ch 158 Clean Energy Loan Program
- Ch 162 Deferred Compensation Program
- Ch 164 Drug Enforcement and Education Special Reserve Fund
- Ch 166 Education Reimbursement Guidelines
- Ch 170 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 175 Grants
- Ch 178 Housing Authority Board
- Ch 180 (Reserved)
- Ch 185 Liability Indemnification
- Ch 187 Mental Health Services
- Ch 189 (Reserved)
- Ch 190 Nursing Scholarship Program
- Ch 192 Occupational Safety and Health
- Ch 197 Personnel Regulations
- Ch 200 Planning Commission
- Ch 203 Purchasing Procedures
- Ch 208 School Crossing Guards
- Ch 209 (Reserved)
- Ch 210 Sheriff's Office
- Ch 211 Substance Abuse Advisory Council
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 215 Agricultural Preservation Districts
- Ch 216 Alarm Systems
- Ch 218 Ambulances, Private
- Ch 224 Building Construction
- Ch 226 Cable Communications
- Ch 227 Car Sales
- Ch 228 Contractors
- Ch 230 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 234 Electrical Standards
- Ch 235 Farming
- Ch 236 Fees
- Ch 238 Flood Damage Control
- Ch 240 Gambling Permits
- Ch 241 Gas Standards
- Ch 244 Grading and Sedimentation Control
- Ch 245 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 247 Homeowners' Associations
- Ch 249 Impact Fees
- Ch 252 Land Use
- Ch 254 Landfills
- Ch 257 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Courts
- Ch 260 Noise Control
- Ch 265 Real Property Transactions
- Ch 269 Scrap Metal Processors
- Ch 271 Senior Citizens Clubs
- Ch 274 Stormwater Management
- Ch 275 Watershed Protection and Restoration Program
- Ch 276 Streets, Roads and Sidewalks
- Ch 278 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 281 Taxation
- Ch 283 Telephone Access to 911 Emergency Assistance
- § 283-1 Purpose: applicability.
- § 283-2 Definitions.
- § 283-3 Requirements.
- § 283-4 Authority to test.
- § 283-5 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 284 (Reserved)
- Ch 287 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 291 Water and Sewers
- Ch 295 Disposable Products
- Ch 297 Zoning Regulations
- Ch 298 Forest Conservation
- Ch 299 Resilience Authority
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of
Charles County 11-17-2021 by Bill No. 2021-09. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
A.
Purpose.
In order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the purpose
of this chapter is to ensure that any person using a multiple-line
telephone system may direct dial 911 without dialing any other number
or set of numbers.
B.
Applicability.
This chapter applies to any person who installs or operates a multiple-line
telephone system.
In this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Carries the same definition as set forth in the Public Safety
Article of the Maryland Annotated Code, § 1-314(a).
Carries the same definition as set forth the Public Safety
Article of the Maryland Annotated Code, § 1-101.
Carries the same definition as set forth in the Public Safety
Article of the Maryland Annotated Code, § 1-301.
Pursuant to § 1-314 of the Public Safety Article of
the Maryland Annotated Code, a person who installs or operates a multiple-line
telephone system shall ensure that the system is connected to the
public switched telephone network in such a way that when an individual
using the system dials 911, the call connects to the public safety
answering point without requiring the user to dial any other number
of set of numbers.
The Department of Emergency Services is designated to enforce
this chapter, and may coordinate with other county departments, public
entities, or private vendors, to execute 911 access verification testing
of multiple-line telephone systems to ensure compliance with this
chapter.
