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FCC 95.179
Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 | 2008
Sec.  95.179   Individuals who may be station operators.

   (a) An individual GMRS system licensee may permit immediate family members
   to be station operators in his or her GMRS system. Immediate family members
   are the:

   (1) Licensee;

   (2) Licensee's spouse;

   (3) Licensee's children, grandchildren, stepchildren;

   (4) Licensee's parents, grandparents, stepparents;

   (5) Licensee's brothers, sisters;

   (6) Licensee's aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews; and

   (7) Licensee's in-laws.

   (b)  Only  the following persons may be permitted to operate under the
   authority of a GMRS system licensed to a non-individual:
   (1) If the GMRS system licensee is: These persons may be station operators:
   (i) A partnership Licensee's partners and employees.
   (ii) A corporation Licensee's officers, directors, members and employees.
   (iii) An association Licensee's members and employees.
   (iv) A governmental unit Licensee's employees.

   (2)  These  persons may only communicate messages about the licensee's
   business activities. Employees of the licensee may communicate messages
   while  acting within the scope of their employment, and only about the
   licensee's business activities.

   (c) The licensee may permit a telephone answering service employee to be a
   station operator if:

   (1) That employee only communicates messages received for the licensee to
   the licensee;

   (2) The station equipment at the telephone answering point is not shared in
   any other GMRS system; and

   (3)  The  station  at  the  telephone  answering  service point is not
   interconnected to the public switched telephone network.

   (d) The station operator of a GMRS system licensed to an individual may be a
   station operator in any other GMRS system if he/she has permission from the
   licensee of the other GMRS system.

   (e) The provisions of  Sec. 95.33 regarding cooperative use do not apply to or
   govern the authority of a GMRS licensee to designate station operators in
   accordance with the provisions of this section.

   [ 48 FR 35237 , Aug. 3, 1983, as amended at  53 FR 47717 , Nov. 25, 1988;  53 FR 51625 , Dec. 22, 1988;  63 FR 68976 , Dec. 14, 1998]


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Goto Year: 2006 | 2008
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