(a) Definitions. In this section, the following words have the meanings indicated.
(1) "Automatic telephone dialing system" means any electronic, mechanical, or other device capable of being programmed to send, when activated, a prerecorded dispatch request over a telephone line, radio, or other communication system directly to the Police Department.
(2) "One-plus duress alarm" means a silent alarm signal that is triggered when the alarm user enters a code that adds one digit to the last digit of the standard user code.
(3) "Single action hold-up alarm" means a silent alarm signal generated by the manual activation of a single action, non-recessed button, designed to signal a crime in progress.
(b) Installation. An alarm business that installs an alarm system shall have at the alarm site at least one employee to supervise the installation who has passed and maintained a minimum level-one certification by the National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association, the Maryland Burglar and Fire Alarm Association or equivalent training as determined by the Alarm Administrator.
(c) System standards and testing. The components of an alarm system shall be included in a list published by the Underwriters Laboratories, Factory Mutual, or other list approved by the Alarm Administrator, which states either that the components meet appropriate designated standards or have been tested and found suitable for use in a specified manner.
(d) Certain dialers prohibited. An alarm business may not install, and an alarm user may not operate or cause to be operated, an alarm system that utilizes an automatic telephone dialing system or a digital dialer.
(e) One-plus duress and single action hold-up alarms prohibited. An alarm business or alarm user may not program an alarm system so that it is capable of sending a one-plus duress alarm signal or a single action hold-up alarm signal, except that an alarm may be activated by simultaneous depression of two buttons, where if either button has multiple functions, the two buttons are non-adjacent, or by depression of a single button after lifting a cover that normally protects the button from alarm activation.
(f) Same – removal of capability.
(1) When an alarm user takes control of an alarm system, the alarm user shall remove any one-plus duress or single action hold-up alarm capabilities from the alarm system.
(2) When an alarm monitor begins monitoring an alarm system, the alarm monitor shall remove any one-plus duress or single action hold-up alarm capabilities from the alarm system.
(Bill No. 41-09)