Section 270-RICR-20-00-1.1 - PreambleA. The RI E 9-1-1 Uniform Emergency Telephone System Division, Department of Public Safety, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ("RI E 9-1-1") is authorized to adopt rules and regulations pertaining to the quality of service, performance of service, and technological compliance of telephone common carriers, wireless telephone carriers and other telecommunication services providers as they relate to the providing of RI E 9-1-1 services to the general public (R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 39-21-11, 39-21.1-5, and 39-21.1-10). Such rules and regulations are promulgated in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 35-42.B. Telephone common carriers operating under the authority of the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission ("PUC") are required to obtain a certificate of compliance with RI E 9-1-1 's rules and regulations prior to the grant by the PUC of any license, permit, power, or authority to operate or the approval of any tariff, rate, or similar compensation measure by the PUC.C. RI E 9-1-1 's Rules and Regulations, to the extent they are pertinent, apply to wireless telephone carriers, which are included within the definition of "telecommunication services provider," as that term is used in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 39-21 and 39-21.1 and in these Rules and Regulations.D. The within Rules and Regulations pertain to surcharge revenue, database management, network requirements and testing, local number portability, and cost recovery.E. Definitions of particular acronyms or terms, as those acronyms or terms are used in these Rules and Regulations, are contained in the Appendix to these Rules and Regulations, which is made a part of this promulgation.F. These Rules and Regulations shall take effect February 28, 2011.G. Adopted this 8th day of February, 2011, these Rules and Regulations, consisting of thirty-eight (38) pages, commencing with the Preamble, by the Rhode Island Uniform Emergency Telephone System Division, Department of Public Safety, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations270 R.I. Code R. 270-RICR-20-00-1.1