§  68.324   Supplier's Declaration of Conformity requirements.

   (a) Each responsible party shall include in the Supplier's Declaration
   of Conformity, the following information:

   (1) The identification and a description of the responsible party for
   the Supplier's Declaration of Conformity and the product, including the
   model number of the product,

   (2) A statement that the terminal equipment conforms with applicable
   technical requirements, and a reference to the technical requirements,

   (3) The date and place of issue of the declaration,

   (4) The signature, name and function of person making declaration,

   (5) A statement that the handset, if any, complies with §  68.316 of
   these rules (defining hearing aid compatibility), or that it does not
   comply with that section. A telephone handset which complies with
   §  68.316 shall be deemed a “hearing aid-compatible telephone” for
   purposes of §  68.4.

   (6) Any other information required to be included in the Supplier's
   Declaration of Conformity by the Administrative Council of Terminal
   Attachments.

   (b) If the device that is subject to a Supplier's Declaration of
   Conformity is designed to operate in conjunction with other equipment,
   the characteristics of which can affect compliance of such device with
   part 68 rules and/or with technical criteria published by the
   Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments, then the Model
   Number(s) of such other equipment must be supplied, and such other
   equipment must also include a Supplier's Declaration of Conformity or a
   certification from a Telecommunications Certification Body.

   (c) The Supplier's Declaration of Conformity shall be included in the
   user's manual or as a separate document enclosed with the terminal
   equipment.

   (d) If terminal equipment is not subject to a Supplier's Declaration of
   Conformity, but instead contains protective circuitry that is subject
   to a Supplier's Declaration of Conformity, then the responsible party
   for the protective circuitry shall include with each module of such
   circuitry, a Supplier's Declaration of Conformity containing the
   information required under §  68.340(a), and the responsible party of
   such terminal equipment shall include such statement with each unit of
   the product.

   (e) (1) The responsible party for the terminal equipment subject to a
   Supplier's Declaration of Conformity also shall provide to the
   purchaser of such terminal equipment, instructions as required by the
   Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments.

   (2) A copy of the Supplier's Declaration of Conformity shall be
   provided to the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments along
   with any other information the Administrative Council for Terminal
   Attachments requires; this information shall be made available to the
   public.

   (3) The responsible party shall make a copy of the Supplier's
   Declaration of Conformity freely available to the general public on its
   company website. The information shall be accessible to the disabled
   community from the website. If the responsible party does not have a
   functional and reliable website, then the responsible party shall
   inform the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments of such
   circumstances, and the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments
   shall make a copy available on its website.

   (f) For a telephone that is not hearing aid-compatible, as defined in
   §  68.316 of this part, the responsible party also shall provide the
   following in the Supplier's Declaration of Conformity:

   (1) Notice that FCC rules prohibit the use of that handset in certain
   locations; and

   (2) A list of such locations (see §  68.112).

   [ 66 FR 7586 , Jan. 24, 2001]

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