*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 1078.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA- 887 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D. C. 20554 In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 2 and 95 of the Commission's Rules to Establish a Medical Implant Communications Service in the 402- 405 MHz Band ) ) ) ) ) ) WT Docket No. 99- 66 RM- 9157 ERRATA Adopted: April 18, 2000 Released: April 20, 2000 By the Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunication Bureau: This Errata makes minor corrections to the rules that appeared in Appendix B of the Report and Order in the captioned proceeding, FCC 99- 363, which was released on November 29, 1999. 1 These errors were corrected before the rules were published in the Federal Register. 2 Appendix B is corrected as follows: 1. The authority citation for part 2 is corrected by inserting references to sections 336 and 337 of title 47 of the United States Code to read as follows: Authority: 47 U. S. C. 154, 302, 303, 307, 336 and 337, unless otherwise noted. 2. Footnote US345 to Section 2.106 is corrected by deleting the last sentence of the footnote to read as follows: USA345 In the band 402- 405 MHz, the mobile, except mobile aeronautical, service is allocated on a secondary basis and is limited to, with the exception of military tactical mobile stations, Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS) operations. MICS stations are authorized by rule on the condition that harmful interference is not caused to stations in the meteorological aids, meteorological- satellite, and earth 1 Amendment of Parts 2 and 95 of the Commission’s Rules to Establish a Medical Implant Communications Service in the 402- 405 MHz Band, WT Docket No. 99- 66, Report and Order, 14 FCC Rcd 21040 (1999). 2 See Establishment of a Medical Implant Communications Service in the 402- 405 MHz Band. 64 Fed. Reg. 69926 (1999). 1 Federal Communications Commission 2 exploration- satellite services, and that MICS stations accept interference from stations in the meteorological aids, meteorological- satellite, and earth exploration- satellite services. 3. Section 95.601 is corrected by deleting reference to the “Multi- Use Radio Service (MURS)— subpart H” to read as follows: * * * The Personal Radio Services are the GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service)— subpart A, the Family Radio Service (FRS)— subpart B, the R/ C (Radio Control Radio Service)— subpart C, the CB (Citizens Band Radio Service)— subpart D, the Low Power Radio Service (LPRS)— subpart G, and the Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS)— subpart I. 4. Paragraph (g) of Section 95.603 is corrected by redesignating it as paragraph (f). 5. Section 95.605 is corrected by deleting the reference to “MURS” to read as follows: Any entity may request certification for its transmitter when the transmitter is used in the GMRS, R/ C, CB, IVDS, LPRS, or MICS following the procedures in part 2 of this chapter. Medical implant transmitters shall be tested for emissions and EIRP limit compliance while enclosed in a medium that simulates human body tissue in accordance with the procedures in Sec. 95. 639( g). Frequency stability testing for MICS transmitters shall be performed over the temperature range set forth in Sec. 95.628. 6. Paragraph (i) of Section 95.631 is corrected by redesignating it as paragraph (h). 7. Paragraph (f) of Section 95.633 is corrected by redesignating it as paragraph (e). 8. Paragraph (e) of Section 95.635 is corrected by redesignating it as paragraph (d). 9. Paragraph (g) of Section 95.639 is corrected by redesignating it as paragraph (f). 10. Section 95.649 is revised by deleting the reference to “MURS” to read as follows: No FRS, R/ C, CB, LPRS, or MICS transmitter shall incorporate provisions for increasing its transmitter power to any level in excess of the limits specified in Sec. 95.639. 11. Section 95.651 is revised by deleting the reference to “a MURS unit” to read as follows: All transmitters used in the Personal Radio Services must be crystal controlled, except an R/ C station that transmits in the 26- 27 MHz frequency band, a FRS unit, a LPRS unit, or a MICS transmitter. 12. The omission of Subpart H of Part 95 is corrected by adding and reserving Subpart H to read as follows: Subpart H—[ Reserved] 13. Subpart I is corrected by adding a table of contents for Subpart I to read as follows: Subpart I— Medical Implant Communications (MICS) 2 Federal Communications Commission 3 Sec. 95.1201 Eligibility. 95.1203 Authorized locations. 95.1205 Station identification. 95.1207 Station inspection. 95.1209 Permissible communications. 95.1211 Channel use policy. 95.1213 Antennas. 95.1215 Disclosure policies. 95.1217 Labeling requirements. 95.1219 Marketing limitations. 14. Paragraph (a) of Section 95.1209 is corrected by deleting “as provided below” after “Except” to read as follows: (a) Except for the purposes of testing and for demonstrations to health care professionals, medical implant programmer/ control transmitters may transmit only operational, diagnostic and therapeutic information associated with a medical implant device that has been implanted by a duly authorized health care professional. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Ramona E. Melson Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 3