§ 95.603   Certification required.

   (a) Each GMRS transmitter (a transmitter that operates or is intended to
   operate at a station authorized in the GMRS) must be certificated.

   (b) Each R/C transmitter (a transmitter that operates or is intended to
   operate at a station authorized in the R/C) must be certificated, except one
   that  transmits  only  in  the 26-27 MHz frequency band and is crystal
   controlled (where the transmitted frequency is established by a crystal (a
   quartz piezo-electric element)).

   (c) Each CB transmitter (a transmitter that operates or is intended to
   operate at a station authorized in the CB) must be certificated. No CB
   transmitter certificated pursuant to an application filed prior to September
   10, 1976, shall be manufactured or marketed.

   (d) Each FRS unit (a transmitter that operates or is intended to operate in
   the FRS) must be certified for use in the FRS in accordance with subpart J
   of part 2 of this chapter.

   (e) Each Low Power Radio Service transmitter (a transmitter that operates or
   is intended to operate in the LPRS) must be certificated.

   (f) Each Medical Device Radiocommunication Service (MedRadio) transmitter (a
   transmitter that operates or is intended to operate in the MedRadio service)
   must be certificated except for such transmitters that are not marketed for
   use in the United States, but which otherwise comply with the MedRadio
   Service technical requirements and are operated in the United States by
   individuals who have traveled to the United States from abroad.

   (g) Each Multi-Use Radio Service transmitter (a transmitter that operates or
   is intended to operate in the MURS) must be certificated in accordance with
   subpart J of part 2 of this chapter, Provided however, that those radio
   units certificated as of November 12, 2002 need not be recertificated.

   (h)  Each  Dedicated  Short-Range Communications Service On-Board Unit
   (DSRCS-OBU)  that  operates  or  is  intended  to operate in the DSRCS
   (5.850-5.925 GHz) must be certified in accordance with subpart L of this
   part and subpart J of part 2 of this chapter.

   [ 53 FR 36789 , Sept. 22, 1988, as amended at  61 FR 28769 , June 6, 1996;  61 FR 46567 , Sept. 4, 1996;  63 FR 36610 , July 7, 1998;  64 FR 69929 , Dec. 15, 1999;
    65 FR 60877 , Oct. 13, 2000;  67 FR 63289 , Oct. 11, 2002;  69 FR 46446 , Aug. 3,
   2004;  74 FR 22705 , May 14, 2009]

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