§  95.1209   Permissible communications.

   (a) Except for the purposes of testing and for demonstrations to health
   care professionals, MedRadio programmer/control transmitters may
   transmit only non-voice data containing operational, diagnostic and
   therapeutic information associated with a medical implant device or
   medical body-worn device that has been implanted or placed on the
   person by or under the direction of a duly authorized health care
   professional.

   (b) Except as provided in § 95.628(b) no MedRadio implant or body-worn
   transmitter shall transmit except in response to a transmission from a
   MedRadio programmer/control transmitter or in response to a non-radio
   frequency actuation signal generated by a device external to the body
   with respect to which the MedRadio implant or body-worn transmitter is
   used.

   (c) MedRadio programmer/control transmitters may be interconnected with
   other telecommunications systems including the public switched
   telephone network.

   (d) For the purpose of facilitating MedRadio system operation during a
   MedRadio communications session, as defined in § 95.628, MedRadio
   transmitters may transmit in accordance with the provisions of
   § 95.628(a) for no more than 5 seconds without the communications of
   data; MedRadio transmitters may transmit in accordance with the
   provisions of § 95.628(b)(2) and (b)(3) for no more than 3.6 seconds in
   total within a one hour time period; and MedRadio transmitters may
   transmit in accordance with the provisions of § 95.628(b)(4) for no
   more than 360 milliseconds in total within a one hour time period.

   (e) MedRadio programmer/control transmitters may not be used to relay
   information to a receiver that is not included with a medical implant
   or medical body-worn device. Wireless retransmission of information
   intended to be transmitted by a MedRadio programmer/control transmitter
   or information received from a medical implant or medical body-worn
   transmitter shall be performed using other radio services that operate
   in spectrum outside of the MedRadio band.

   [ 74 FR 22709 , May 14, 2009, as amended at  75 FR 52477 , Aug. 26, 2010]