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47 U.S.C. § 615a — Service provider parity of protection
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**(a) Provider parity** A wireless carrier, IP-enabled voice service provider, or other emergency communications provider, and their officers, directors, employees, vendors, and agents, shall have immunity or other protection from liability in a State of a scope and extent that is not less than the scope and extent of immunity or other protection from liability that any local exchange company, and its officers, directors, employees, vendors, or agents, have under Federal and State law (whether through statute, judicial decision, tariffs filed by such local exchange company, or otherwise) applicable in such State, including in connection with an act or omission involving the release to a PSAP, emergency medical service provider or emergency dispatch provider, public safety, fire service or law enforcement official, or hospital emergency or trauma care facility of subscriber information related to emergency calls, emergency services, or other emergency communications services.
**(b) User parity** A person using wireless 9–1–1 service, or making 9–1–1 communications via IP-enabled voice service or other emergency communications service, shall have immunity or other protection from liability of a scope and extent that is not less than the scope and extent of immunity or other protection from liability under applicable law in similar circumstances of a person using 9–1–1 service that is not via wireless 9–1–1 service, IP-enabled voice service, or other emergency communications service.
**(c) PSAP parity** In matters related to 9–1–1 communications via wireless 9–1–1 service, IP-enabled voice service, or other emergency communications service, a PSAP, and its employees, vendors, agents, and authorizing government entity (if any) shall have immunity or other protection from
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**(a) Provider parity** A wireless carrier, IP-enabled voice service provider, or other emergency communications provider, and their officers, directors, employees, vendors, and agents, shall have immunity or other protection from liability in a State of a scope and extent that is not less than the scope and extent of immunity or other protection from liability that any local exchange company, and its officers, directors, employees, vendors, or agents, have under Federal and State law (whether through statute, judicial decision, tariffs filed by such local exchange company, or otherwise) applicable in such State, including in connection with an act or omission involving the release to a PSAP, emergency medical service provider or emergency dispatch provider, public safety, fire service or law enforcement official, or hospital emergency or trauma care facility of subscriber information related to emergency calls, emergency services, or other emergency communications services.
**(b) User parity** A person using wireless 9–1–1 service, or making 9–1–1 communications via IP-enabled voice service or other emergency communications service, shall have immunity or other protection from liability of a scope and extent that is not less than the scope and extent of immunity or other protection from liability under applicable law in similar circumstances of a person using 9–1–1 service that is not via wireless 9–1–1 service, IP-enabled voice service, or other emergency communications service.
**(c) PSAP parity** In matters related to 9–1–1 communications via wireless 9–1–1 service, IP-enabled voice service, or other emergency communications service, a PSAP, and its employees, vendors, agents, and authorizing government entity (if any) shall have immunity or other protection from liability of a scope and extent that is not less than the scope and extent of immunity or other protection from liability under applicable law accorded to such PSAP, employees, vendors, agents, and authorizing government entity, respectively, in matters related to 9–1–1 communications that are not via wireless 9–1–1 service, IP-enabled voice service, or other emergency communications service.
**(d) Basis for enactment** This section is enacted as an exercise of the enforcement power of the Congress under section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the power of the Congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several States, and with Indian tribes.
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**(a) Immunity** A provider or user of Next Generation 9–1–1 services, a public safety answering point, and the officers, directors, employees, vendors, agents, and authorizing government entity (if any) of such provider, user, or public safety answering point, shall have immunity and protection from liability under Federal and State law to the extent provided in subsection (b) with respect to—
(1) the release of subscriber information related to emergency calls or emergency services;
(2) the use or provision of 9–1–1 services, E9–1–1 services, or Next Generation 9–1–1 services; and
(3) other matters related to 9–1–1 services, E9–1–1 services, or Next Generation 9–1–1 services.
**(b) Scope of immunity and protection from liability** The scope and extent of the immunity and protection from liability afforded under subsection (a) shall be the same as that provided under [section 615a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section615a&num=0&edition=prelim) to wireless carriers, public safety answering points, and users of wireless 9–1–1 service (as defined in paragraphs (4), (3), and (6), respectively, of [section 615b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section615b&num=0&edition=prelim) 11 See References in Text note below.) with respect to such release, use, and other matters.
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TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 615
§ 615. Support for universal emergency telephone
number
The
Federal
Communications
Commission
shall encourage and support efforts by States to
deploy comprehensive end-to-end emergency
communications infrastructure and programs,
based on coordinated statewide plans, including
seamless, ubiquitous, reliable wireless tele-
communications networks and enhanced wire-
less 9–1–1 service. In encouraging and supporting
that deployment, the Commission shall consult
and cooperate with State and local officials re-
sponsible for emergency services and public
safety, the telecommunications industry (spe-
cifically including the cellular and other wire-
less telecommunications service providers), the
motor vehicle manufacturing industry, emer-
gency medical service providers and emergency
dispatch providers, transportation officials, spe-
cial 9–1–1 districts, public safety, fire service and
law enforcement officials, consumer groups, and
hospital emergency and trauma care personnel
(including emergency physicians, trauma sur-
geons, and nurses). The Commission shall en-
courage each State to develop and implement
coordinated
statewide
deployment
plans,
through an entity designated by the governor,
and to include representatives of the foregoing
organizations and entities in development and
implementation of such plans. Nothing in this
section shall be construed to authorize or re-
quire the Commission to impose obligations or
costs on any person.
(Pub. L. 106–81, § 3(b), Oct. 26, 1999, 113 Stat. 1287.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Wireless Commu-
nications and Public Safety Act of 1999, and not as part
of the Communications Act of 1934 which comprises
this chapter.
Statut
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