§ 15.37   Transition provisions for compliance with the rules.

   (a) The manufacture or importation of scanning receivers, and frequency
   converters designed or marketed for use with scanning receivers, that
   do not comply with the provisions of § 15.121 shall cease on or before
   October 25, 1999. Effective July 26, 1999, the Commission will not
   grant equipment authorization for receivers that do not comply with the
   provisions of § 15.121. This paragraph does not prohibit the sale or use
   of authorized receivers manufactured in the United States, or imported
   into the United States, prior to October 25, 1999.

   (b) Effective October 16, 2002, an equipment approval may no longer be
   obtained for medical telemetry equipment operating under the provisions
   of § 15.241 or § 15.242. The requirements for obtaining an approval for
   medical telemetry equipment after this date are found in subpart H of
   part 95 of this chapter.

   (c) All radio frequency devices that are authorized under the
   certification, verification or declaration of conformity procedures on
   or after July 12, 2004 shall comply with the conducted limits specified
   in § 15.107 or § 15.207 as appropriate. All radio frequency devices that
   are manufactured or imported on or after July 11, 2005 shall comply
   with the conducted limits specified in § 15.107 or § 15.207, as
   appropriate. Equipment authorized, imported or manufactured prior to
   these dates shall comply with the conducted limits specified in § 15.107
   or § 15.207, as appropriate, or with the conducted limits that were in
   effect immediately prior to September 9, 2002.

   (d) Radar detectors manufactured or imported after August 28, 2002 and
   marketed after September 27, 2002 shall comply with the regulations
   specified in this part. Radar detectors manufactured or imported prior
   to January 27, 2003 may be labeled with the information required by
   § 2.925 of this chapter and § 15.19(a) on the individual equipment carton
   rather than on the device, and are exempt from complying with the
   requirements of § 15.21.

   (e) U-NII equipment operating in the 5.25-5.35 GHz band for which
   applications for certification are filed on or after July 20, 2006
   shall comply with the DFS and TPC requirements specified in § 15.407.
   U-NII equipment operating in the 5.25-5.35 GHz band that are imported
   or marketed on or after July 20, 2007 shall comply with the DFS and TPC
   requirements in § 15.407.

   (f) All Access BPL devices that are manufactured, imported, marketed or
   installed on or after July 7, 2006, shall comply with the requirements
   specified in subpart G of this part, including certification of the
   equipment.

   (g) The manufacture or importation of auditory assistance devices that
   operate in the 72.0-73.0 MHz, 74.6-74.8 MHz, and 75.2-76.0 MHz bands
   that do not comply with the requirements of § 15.237(c) shall cease on
   or before July 11, 2016. Effective January 12, 2015, equipment approval
   will not be granted for auditory assistance devices that operate in the
   72.0-73.0 MHz, 74.6-74.8 MHz, and 75.2-76.0 MHz bands that do not
   comply with the requirements of § 15.237(c). These rules do not prohibit
   the sale or use of authorized auditory assistance devices that operate
   in the 72.0-73.0 MHz, 74.6-74.8 MHz, and 75.2-76.0 MHz bands
   manufactured in the United States, or imported into the United States,
   prior to July 11, 2016.

   (h) Effective June 2, 2015 devices using digital modulation techniques
   in the 5725-5850 MHz bands will no longer be certified under the
   provisions of § 15.247. The technical requirements for obtaining
   certification after this date for digitally modulated devices and the
   digitally modulated portion of hybrid devices are found in subpart E of
   this part. The provisions for the frequency hopping spread spectrum
   portion of hybrid devices will remain in § 15.247. Effective June 2,
   2016 systems using digital modulation techniques in the 5725-5850 MHz
   band certified under the provisions of § 15.247 may no longer be
   imported or marketed within the United States.

   (i) Wireless microphones for which an application for certification is
   filed beginning nine months after the release of the Channel
   Reassignment PN, as defined in § 73.3700(a)(2) of this chapter, or no
   later than December 26, 2017, whichever occurs first, must comply with
   the requirements of § 15.236. Manufacturing and marketing of wireless
   microphones that would not comply with the rules for operation in
   § 15.236 of this part must cease 18 months after release of the Channel
   Reassignment PN or no later than September 24, 2018, whichever occurs
   first. A wireless microphone that is certified to operate in any
   portion of the 600 MHz service band as defined in § 15.236(a) may no
   longer be marketed or operated after the specified cutoff dates, even
   if it could be tuned to operate on frequencies outside of this band.

   (j) White space devices for which a certification application is filed
   beginning June 23, 2016, must comply with the channel push requirements
   in § 15.711(i) of this part. White space devices that are imported or
   marketed beginning September 23, 2016, must comply with this
   requirement. White space devices that do not comply with this
   requirement must cease operation no later than December 23, 2016.

   (k) Disclosure requirements for unlicensed wireless microphones capable
   of operating in the 600 MHz service band. Any person who manufactures,
   sells, leases, or offers for sale or lease, unlicensed wireless
   microphones that are capable of operating in the 600 MHz service band,
   as defined in this part, three months following issuance of the Channel
   Reassignment Public Notice, as defined in section 73.3700(a)(2) of this
   chapter, is subject to the following disclosure requirements:

   (1) Such persons must display the consumer disclosure text, as
   specified by the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at the point
   of sale or lease of each such unlicensed wireless microphone. The text
   must be displayed in a clear, conspicuous, and readily legible manner.
   One way to fulfill the requirement in this section is to display the
   consumer disclosure text in a prominent manner on the product box by
   using a label (either printed onto the box or otherwise affixed to the
   box), a sticker, or other means. Another way to fulfill this
   requirement is to display the text immediately adjacent to each
   unlicensed wireless microphone offered for sale or lease and clearly
   associated with the model to which it pertains.

   (2) If such persons offer such unlicensed wireless microphones via
   direct mail, catalog, or electronic means, they shall prominently
   display the consumer disclosure text in close proximity to the images
   and descriptions of each such unlicensed wireless microphone. The text
   should be in a size large enough to be clear, conspicuous, and readily
   legible, consistent with the dimensions of the advertisement or
   description.

   (3) If such persons have Web sites pertaining to these unlicensed
   wireless microphones, the consumer disclosure text must be displayed
   there in a clear, conspicuous, and readily legible manner (even in the
   event such persons do not sell unlicensed wireless microphones directly
   to the public).

   (4) The consumer disclosure text described in paragraph (k)(1) of this
   section is set forth as an appendix to this section.

   [ 77 FR 4913 , Feb. 1, 2012, as amended at  78 FR 34927 , June 11, 2013;  79 FR 24578 , May 1, 2014;  80 FR 71728 , Nov. 17, 2015;  80 FR 73068 , Nov.
   23, 2015]

   Effective Date Note: At  80 FR 71728 , Nov. 17, 2015, § 15.37 was amended
   by adding paragraph (k). This paragraph contains information collection
   and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until
   approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.

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