[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 47CFR90.15]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 90_PRIVATE LAND MOBILE RADIO SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart B_Public Safety Radio Pool

 

Sec.  90.15  Scope.



    Source: 62 FR 18845, Apr. 17, 1997, unless otherwise noted.





    The Public Safety Radio Pool covers the licensing of the radio 

communications of governmental entities and the following category of 

activities: Medical services, rescue organizations, veterinarians, 

persons with disabilities, disaster relief organizations, school buses, 

beach patrols, establishments in isolated places, communications standby 

facilities, and emergency repair of public communications facilities. 

Entities not meeting these eligibility criteria may also be licensed in 

the Public Safety Radio Pool solely to provide service to eligibles on 

one-way paging-only frequencies below 800 MHz, i.e., those frequencies 

with the assignment limitations appearing at Sec.  90.20(d)(13) or 

(d)(60). Private carrier systems licensed on other channels prior to 

June 1, 1990, may continue to provide radio communications service to 

eligibles. Rules as to eligibility for licensing, frequencies available, 

permissible communications and classes and number of stations, and any 

special requirements are set forth in the following sections.