[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR15.37]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

PART 15_RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  15.37  Transition provisions for compliance with the rules.



    Equipment may be authorized, manufactured and imported under the 

rules



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in effect prior to June 23, 1989, in accordance with the following 

schedules:

    (a) For all intentional and unintentional radiators, except for 

receivers: Radio frequency equipment verified by the responsible party 

or for which an application for a grant of equipment authorization is 

submitted to the Commission on or after June 23, 1992, shall comply with 

the regulations specified in this part. Radio frequency equipment that 

is manufactured or imported on or after June 23, 1994, shall comply with 

the regulations specified in this part.

    (b) For receivers: Receivers subject to the regulations in this part 

that are manufactured or imported on or after June 23, 1999, shall 

comply with the regulations specified in this part. However, if a 

receiver is associated with a transmitter that could not have been 

authorized under the regulations in effect prior to June 23, 1989, e.g., 

a transmitter operating under the provisions of Sec.  15.209 or Sec.  

15.249 (below 960 MHz), the transition provisions in this section do not 

apply. Such receivers must comply with the regulations in this part. In 

addition, receivers are subject to the provisions in paragraph (f) of 

this section.

    (c) There are no restrictions on the operation or marketing of 

equipment complying with the regulations in effect prior to June 23, 

1989.

    (d) Prior to May 25, 1991, person shall import, market or operate 

intentional radiators within the band 902-905 MHz under the provisions 

of Sec.  15.249. Until that date, the Commission will not issue a grant 

of equipment authorization for equipment operating under Sec.  15.249 if 

the equipment is designed to permit operation within the band 902-905 

MHz.

    (e) For cordless telephones: The manufacture and importation of 

cordless telephones not complying with Sec.  15.214(d) of this part 

shall cease on or before September 11, 1991. These provisions will not 

apply to cordless telephones which are repaired or refurbished, or re-

imported after repair or refurbishment. Applications for a grant of 

equipment authorization of cordless telephones not complying with Sec.  

15.214(d) of this part will not be accepted by the Commission after May 

10, 1991. Cordless telephones that have previously received equipment 

authorization and that, without modification, already comply with the 

requirements of Sec.  15.214(d) of this part, need not be reauthorized.

    (f) 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 Sec.  15.121(a)(1) 

shall cease on or before April 26, 1994. Effective April 26, 1993, the 

Commission will not grant equipment authorization for receivers that do 

not comply with the provisions of Sec.  15.121(a)(1). These rules do not 

prohibit the sale or use of authorized receivers manufactured in the 

United States, or imported into the United States, prior to April 26, 

1994.

    (g) For CPU boards and power supplies designed to be used with 

personal computers: The manufacture and importation of these products 

shall cease on or before June 19, 1997 unless these products have been 

authorized under a Declaration of Conformity or a grant of 

certification, demonstrating compliance with all of the provisions in 

this part. Limited provisions, as detailed in Sec.  15.101(d), are 

provided to permit the importation and manufacture of these products 

subsequent to this date where the CPU boards and/or power supplies are 

marketed only to personal computer equipment manufacturers.

    (h) 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 Sec.  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 Sec.  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.

    (i) Effective October 16, 2002, an equipment approval may no longer 

be obtained for medical telemetry equipment operating under the 

provisions of Sec.  15.241 or Sec.  15.242. The requirements for 

obtaining an approval for medical telemetry equipment after this date 

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found in Subpart H of Part 95 of this chapter.

    (j) 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 Sec.  15.107 or Sec.  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 Sec.  15.107 or 

Sec.  15.207, as appropriate. Equipment authorized, imported or 

manufactured prior to these dates shall comply with the conducted limits 

specified in Sec.  15.107 or Sec.  15.207, as appropriate, or with the 

conducted limits that were in effect immediately prior to September 9, 

2002.

    (k) 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 

Sec. Sec.  2.925 and 15.19(a) of this chapter on the individual 

equipment carton rather than on the device, and are exempt from 

complying with the requirements of Sec.  15.21.

    (l) 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 Sec.  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 Sec.  15.407.

    (m) 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.



[54 FR 17714, Apr. 25, 1989; 54 FR 32339, Aug. 7, 1989; 55 FR 25095, 

June 20, 1990; 56 FR 3785, Jan. 31, 1991; 58 FR 25575, Apr. 27, 1993; 61 

FR 31049, June 19, 1996; 64 FR 22561, Apr. 27, 1999; 65 FR 44008, July 

17, 2000; 67 FR 45670, July 10, 2002; 67 FR 48993, July 29, 2002; 69 FR 

2686, Jan. 20, 2004; 70 FR 1373, Jan. 7, 2005; 70 FR 17329, Apr. 6, 

2005; 71 FR 11540, Mar. 8, 2006]