53-19-302. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Committee" means the committee on telecommunications access services for persons with disabilities established in 2-15-2212.
     (2) "Local exchange company" means a telecommunications company that provides telephone access lines or wireless service to members of the general public who are its customers.
     (3) "Mobility-impaired" means the condition of a person with reduced function of the arms and hands making activities related to moving, turning, or pressing objects difficult or impossible. The term includes difficulty in using a wide range of telecommunications equipment.
     (4) "Person with a disability" means the condition of a person who is deaf and blind, deaf, hard-of-hearing, speech-impaired, or mobility-impaired.
     (5) "Program" means the program established in 53-19-306.
     (6) "Specialized telecommunications equipment" means any telecommunications device that enables or assists a person with a disability to communicate with others by means of the conventional telephone network. The term includes but is not limited to text telephones (TTY), amplifiers, signaling devices, puff-blow devices, electronic artificial larynx devices, telebraille, equipment for the mobility-impaired, and hearing screening equipment.
     (7) "Telecommunications relay service" means a service that permits full and simultaneous communication between those using specialized telecommunications equipment and those using conventional telephone equipment.
     (8) "Telephone access line" means the telephone exchange access line or channel or wireless service that provides the customer of a local exchange company with access to the telecommunications network to effect the transfer of information.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 669, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 396, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 472, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 297, L. 2001.