[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: 47CFR68.324]

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                       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. 68.324  Supplier's Declaration of Conformity requirements.

    (a) Each responsible party shall include in the Supplier's 
Declaration of Conformity, the following information:
    (1) The identification and a description of the responsible party 
for the Supplier's Declaration of Conformity and the product, including 
the model number of the product,
    (2) A statement that the terminal equipment conforms with applicable 
technical requirements, and a reference to the technical requirements,
    (3) The date and place of issue of the declaration,
    (4) The signature, name and function of person making declaration,
    (5) A statement that the handset, if any, complies with Sec. 68.316 
of these rules (defining hearing aid compatibility), or that it does not 
comply with that section. A telephone handset which complies with Sec. 
68.316 shall be deemed a ``hearing aid-compatible telephone'' for 
purposes of Sec. 68.4.
    (6) Any other information required to be included in the Supplier's 
Declaration of Conformity by the Administrative Council of Terminal 
Attachments.
    (b) If the device that is subject to a Supplier's Declaration of 
Conformity is designed to operate in conjunction with other equipment, 
the characteristics of which can affect compliance of such device with 
part 68 rules and/or with technical criteria published by the 
Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments, then the Model 
Number(s) of such other equipment must be supplied, and such other 
equipment must also include a Supplier's Declaration of Conformity or a 
certification from a Telecommunications Certification Body.
    (c) The Supplier's Declaration of Conformity shall be included in 
the user's manual or as a separate document enclosed with the terminal 
equipment.
    (d) If terminal equipment is not subject to a Supplier's Declaration 
of Conformity, but instead contains protective circuitry that is subject 
to a Supplier's Declaration of Conformity, then the responsible party 
for the protective circuitry shall include with each module of such 
circuitry, a Supplier's Declaration of Conformity containing the 
information required under Sec. 68.340(a), and the responsible party of 
such terminal equipment shall include such statement with each unit of 
the product.
    (e) (1) The responsible party for the terminal equipment subject to 
a Supplier's Declaration of Conformity also shall provide to the 
purchaser of such terminal equipment, instructions as required by the 
Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments.
    (2) A copy of the Supplier's Declaration of Conformity shall be 
provided to the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments along 
with any other information the Administrative Council for Terminal 
Attachments requires; this information shall be made available to the 
public.
    (3) The responsible party shall make a copy of the Supplier's 
Declaration of Conformity freely available to the general public on its 
company website. The information shall be accessible to the disabled 
community from the website. If the responsible party does not have a 
functional and reliable website, then the responsible party shall inform 
the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments of such 
circumstances, and the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments 
shall make a copy available on its website.
    (f) For a telephone that is not hearing aid-compatible, as defined 
in Sec. 68.316 of this part, the responsible party also shall provide 
the following in the Supplier's Declaration of Conformity:
    (1) Notice that FCC rules prohibit the use of that handset in 
certain locations; and
    (2) A list of such locations (see Sec. 68.112).

[66 FR 7586, Jan. 24, 2001]

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