Sec.  68.3   Definitions.

   As used in this part:

   Demarcation point (also point of interconnection). As used in this part, the
   point of demarcation and/or interconnection between the communications
   facilities  of a provider of wireline telecommunications, and terminal
   equipment, protective apparatus or wiring at a subscriber's premises.

   Essential telephones. Only coin-operated telephones, telephones provided for
   emergency use, and other telephones frequently needed for use by persons
   using such hearing aids.

   Harm.  Electrical  hazards  to  the personnel of providers of wireline
   telecommunications,  damage  to the equipment of providers of wireline
   telecommunications, malfunction of the billing equipment of providers of
   wireline telecommunications, and degradation of service to persons other
   than the user of the subject terminal equipment, his calling or called
   party.

   Hearing aid compatible. Except as used at  Sec.  Sec. 68.4(a)(3) and 68.414, the terms
   hearing aid compatible or hearing aid compatibility are used as defined in
    Sec. 68.316, unless it is specifically stated that hearing aid compatibility
   volume control, as defined in  Sec. 68.317, is intended or is included in the
   definition.

   Inside wiring or premises wiring. Customer-owned or controlled wire on the
   subscriber's side of the demarcation point.

   Premises. As used herein, generally a dwelling unit, other building or a
   legal  unit of real property such as a lot on which a dwelling unit is
   located, as determined by the provider of telecommunications service's
   reasonable and nondiscriminatory standard operating practices.

   Private  radio  services. Private land mobile radio services and other
   communications services characterized by the Commission in its rules as
   private radio services.

   Public mobile services. Air-to-ground radiotelephone services, cellular
   radio telecommunications services, offshore radio, rural radio service,
   public  land  mobile telephone service, and other common carrier radio
   communications  services covered by part 22 of Title 47 of the Code of
   Federal Regulations.

   Responsible party. The party or parties responsible for the compliance of
   terminal equipment or protective circuitry intended for connection directly
   to the public switched telephone network with the applicable rules and
   regulations in this part and with the technical criteria published by the
   Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments. If a Telecommunications
   Certification Body certifies the terminal equipment, the responsible party
   is  the  holder of the certificate for that equipment. If the terminal
   equipment is the subject of a Supplier's Declaration of Conformity, the
   responsible party shall be: the manufacturer of the terminal equipment, or
   the manufacturer of protective circuitry that is marketed for use with
   terminal equipment that is not to be connected directly to the network, or
   if the equipment is imported, the importer, or if the terminal equipment is
   assembled from individual component parts, the assembler. If the equipment
   is modified by any party not working under the authority of the responsible
   party, the party performing the modifications, if located within the U.S.,
   or  the  importer,  if  the  equipment  is  imported subsequent to the
   modifications, becomes the new responsible party. Retailers or original
   equipment manufacturers may enter into an agreement with the assembler or
   importer to assume the responsibilities to ensure compliance of the terminal
   equipment and to become the responsible party.

   Secure  telephones.  Telephones that are approved by the United States
   Government  for  the  transmission  of  classified  or sensitive voice
   communications.

   Terminal equipment. As used in this part, communications equipment located
   on customer premises at the end of a communications link, used to permit the
   stations involved to accomplish the provision of telecommunications or
   information services.

   [ 66 FR 7581 , Jan. 24, 2001]