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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 615a. Parity of protection for provision or use of wireless service
(a) Provider parity
A wireless carrier, and its officers, directors, employees,
vendors, and agents, shall have immunity or other protection from
liability in a State of a scope and extent that is not less than
the scope and extent of immunity or other protection from liability
that any local exchange company, and its officers, directors,
employees, vendors, or agents, have under Federal and State law
(whether through statute, judicial decision, tariffs filed by such
local exchange company, or otherwise) applicable in such State,
including in connection with an act or omission involving the
release to a PSAP, emergency medical service provider or emergency
dispatch provider, public safety, fire service or law enforcement
official, or hospital emergency or trauma care facility of
subscriber information related to emergency calls or emergency
services.
(b) User parity
A person using wireless 9-1-1 service shall have immunity or
other protection from liability of a scope and extent that is not
less than the scope and extent of immunity or other protection from
liability under applicable law in similar circumstances of a person
using 9-1-1 service that is not wireless.
(c) PSAP parity
In matters related to wireless 9-1-1 communications, a PSAP, and
its employees, vendors, agents, and authorizing government entity
(if any) shall have immunity or other protection from liability of
a scope and extent that is not less than the scope and extent of
immunity or other protection from liability under applicable law
accorded to such PSAP, employees, vendors, agents, and authorizing
government entity, respectively, in matters related to 9-1-1
communications that are not wireless.
(d) Basis for enactment
This section is enacted as an exercise of the enforcement power
of the Congress under section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution and the power of the Congress to regulate commerce
with foreign nations, among the several States, and with Indian
tribes.
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