[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: 47CFR95.179]



[Page 517]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 95_PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart A_General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS)

 

Sec.  95.179  Individuals who may be station operators.



    (a) An individual GMRS system licensee may permit immediate family 

members to be station operators in his or her GMRS system. Immediate 

family members are the:

    (1) Licensee;

    (2) Licensee's spouse;

    (3) Licensee's children, grandchildren, stepchildren;

    (4) Licensee's parents, grandparents, stepparents;

    (5) Licensee's brothers, sisters;

    (6) Licensee's aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews; and

    (7) Licensee's in-laws.

    (b) Only the following persons may be permitted to operate under the 

authority of a GMRS system licensed to a non-individual:



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                                            These persons may be station

    (1) If the GMRS system licensee is:              operators:

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(i) A partnership.........................  Licensee's partners and

                                             employees.

(ii) A corporation........................  Licensee's officers,

                                             directors, members and

                                             employees.

(iii) An association......................  Licensee's members and

                                             employees.

(iv) A governmental unit..................  Licensee's employees.

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    (2) These persons may only communicate messages about the licensee's 

business activities. Employees of the licensee may communicate messages 

while acting within the scope of their employment, and only about the 

licensee's business activities.

    (c) The licensee may permit a telephone answering service employee 

to be a station operator if:

    (1) That employee only communicates messages received for the 

licensee to the licensee;

    (2) The station equipment at the telephone answering point is not 

shared in any other GMRS system; and

    (3) The station at the telephone answering service point is not 

interconnected to the public switched telephone network.

    (d) The station operator of a GMRS system licensed to an individual 

may be a station operator in any other GMRS system if he/she has 

permission from the licensee of the other GMRS system.

    (e) The provisions of Sec.  95.33 regarding cooperative use do not 

apply to or govern the authority of a GMRS licensee to designate station 

operators in accordance with the provisions of this section.



[48 FR 35237, Aug. 3, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 47717, Nov. 25, 1988; 53 

FR 51625, Dec. 22, 1988; 63 FR 68976, Dec. 14, 1998]