47 U.S.C. § 1472

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 1472 - Parity of protection for provision or use of Next Generation 9-1-1 services

(a) Immunity

A provider or user of Next Generation 9-1-1 services, a public safety answering point, and the officers, directors, employees, vendors, agents, and authorizing government entity (if any) of such provider, user, or public safety answering point, shall have immunity and protection from liability under Federal and State law to the extent provided in subsection (b) with respect to-

(1) the release of subscriber information related to emergency calls or emergency services;

(2) the use or provision of 9-1-1 services, E9-1-1 services, or Next Generation 9-1-1 services; and

(3) other matters related to 9-1-1 services, E9-1-1 services, or Next Generation 9-1-1 services.

(b) Scope of immunity and protection from liability

The scope and extent of the immunity and protection from liability afforded under subsection (a) shall be the same as that provided under section 615a of this title to wireless carriers, public safety answering points, and users of wireless 9-1-1 service (as defined in paragraphs (4), (3), and (6), respectively, of section 615b of this title ¹) with respect to such release, use, and other matters.

¹ See References in Text note below.

47 U.S.C. § 1472

Pub. L. 112-96, title VI, §65066506,, 126 Stat. 242.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 615b of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original a reference to section 6 of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999, Pub. L. 106-81 and was translated as if it had been a reference to section 7 of Pub. L. 106-81 which is classified to section 615b of this title, to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the renumbering of section 6 of Pub. L. 106-81 as section 7 by Pub. L. 110-283, title I, §101(1), July 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 2620. Pub. L. 110-283, title I, §101(3), July 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 2620 enacted a new section 6 of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 which is classified to section 215a-1 of this title, but that section does not contain definitions.

Next Generation 9-1-1 services

The term "Next Generation 9-1-1 services" means an IP-based system comprised of hardware, software, data, and operational policies and procedures that-(A) provides standardized interfaces from emergency call and message services to support emergency communications;(B) processes all types of emergency calls, including voice, text, data, and multimedia information;(C) acquires and integrates additional emergency call data useful to call routing and handling;(D) delivers the emergency calls, messages, and data to the appropriate public safety answering point and other appropriate emergency entities;(E) supports data or video communications needs for coordinated incident response and management; and(F) provides broadband service to public safety answering points or other first responder entities.