1. Unpublished names and telephone numbers generated by an emergency services communication system coordinator or a public safety answering point or provided to an emergency services communication system coordinator or public safety answering point under section 57-40.6-06 are confidential and may be used only for verifying the location or identity, or both, for response purposes, of a person calling a public safety answering point for emergency help or by the emergency services communication system coordinator or public safety answering point for the purpose of a public safety agency notifying a person of an emergency. 2. Published names and telephone numbers maintained by an emergency services communication system coordinator or public safety answering point are exempt records as defined in section 44-04-17.1 but must be provided upon request to the treasurer and auditor of the county served by the public safety answering point for the purpose of verifying and correcting names and addresses used for official purposes. 3. A record obtained by a public safety answering point for the purpose of providing services in an emergency which reveals personal information or the identity, location, or telephone number of a person requesting emergency service or reporting an emergency is exempt from section 44-04-18 and may be redacted from the record before it is released. 4. An audio recording of a request for emergency services or of a report of an emergency is an exempt record as defined in section 44-04-17.1. However, upon request, a person may listen to the audio recording, but may not copy or record the audio. A
person also may request a written transcript of the audio recording, which must be provided to the person within a reasonable time. The emergency services communication system coordinator may refer requests to the appropriate investigating agency possessing the recording and shall communicate this referral to the requester. The investigating agency shall answer requests for the records. If an investigating agency does not have possession of the record, the emergency services communication system coordinator shall respond to the request for the record.
57-40.6-08. Emergency services communication system, automated notification system, or emergency instructions - Liability. 1. A public agency, public safety agency, assessed communications service provider, prepaid wireless service provider or seller, or person that provides access to an emergency services communication system or an automated notification system, or any officer, agent, or employee of any public agency, public safety agency, assessed communications service provider, prepaid wireless service provider or seller, or person is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission except willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence in connection with developing, adopting, operating, or implementing any plan or system as provided under this chapter. 2. A person who gives emergency instructions through a system as provided under this chapter, to persons rendering services in an emergency at another location, or any person following such instructions in rendering such services, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of issuing or following the instructions, unless issuing or following the instructions constitutes willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence. 3. This section does not waive, limit, or modify any existing immunity or other defense of the state or any political subdivision, or any of its agencies, departments, commissions, boards, officers, or employees, nor does it create any claim for relief against any of these entities.
57-40.6-09. Governor to appoint an emergency services communication system advisory committee - Standards and guidelines - Report. Expired under S.L. 1987, ch. 720, § 3; S.L. 1991, ch. 686, § 6; and S.L. 1993, ch. 570, § 1.