[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR68.300]

[Page 381]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 68_CONNECTION OF TERMINAL EQUIPMENT TO THE TELEPHONE NETWORK
--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart D_Conditions for Terminal Equipment Approval
 
Sec. 68.300  Labeling requirements.

    Authority: Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 
(47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 303).

    Source: 45 FR 20853, Mar. 31, 1980, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Terminal equipment approved as set out in this part must be 
labeled in accordance with the requirements published by the 
Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments and with requirements of 
this part for hearing aid compatibility and volume control.
    (b) As of April 1, 1997, all registered telephones, including 
cordless telephones, as defined in Sec. 15.3(j) of this chapter, 
manufactured in the United States (other than for export) or imported 
for use in the United States, that are hearing aid compatible, as 
defined in Sec. 68.316, shall have the letters ``HAC'' permanently 
affixed thereto. ``Permanently affixed'' shall be defined as in 
paragraph (b)(5) of this section. Telephones used with public mobile 
services or private radio services, and secure telephones, as defined by 
Sec. 68.3, are exempt from this requirement.

[62 FR 61664, Nov. 19, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 3048, Jan. 20, 1999; 66 
FR 7585, Jan. 24, 2001]