§ 95.1223   Registration and frequency coordination.

   (a) Registration. Prior to operating MBAN devices that are capable of
   operation in the 2360-2390 MHz band, a health care facility, as defined
   by § 95.1203, must register with a frequency coordinator designated
   under § 95.1225. Operation of MBAN devices in the 2360-2390 MHz band is
   prohibited prior to the MBAN coordinator notifying the health care
   facility that registration and coordination (to the extent coordination
   is required under paragraph (c) of this section) is complete. The
   registration must include the following information:

   (1) Specific frequencies or frequency range(s) within the 2360-2390 MHz
   band to be used, and the capabilities of the MBAN equipment to use the
   2390-2400 MHz band;

   (2) Effective isotropic radiated power;

   (3) Number of MedRadio programmer/control transmitters in use at the
   health care facility as of the date of registration including
   manufacturer name(s) and model numbers and FCC identification number;

   (4) Legal name of the health care facility;

   (5) Location of MedRadio programmer/control transmitters (e.g.,
   geographic coordinates, street address, building);

   (6) Point of contact for the health care facility (e.g., name, title,
   office, phone number, fax number, email address); and

   (7) In the event an MBAN has to cease operating in all or a portion of
   the 2360-2390 MHz band due to interference under § 95.1211 or changes in
   coordination under paragraph (c) of this section, a point of contact
   (including contractors) for the health care facility that is
   responsible for ensuring that this change is effected whenever it is
   required (e.g., name, title, office, phone number, fax number, email
   address). The health care facility also must state whether, in such
   cases, its MBAN operation is capable of defaulting to the 2390-2400 MHz
   band and that it is responsible for ceasing MBAN operations in the
   2360-2390 MHz band or defaulting traffic to other hospital systems.

   (b) Notification. A health care facility shall notify the frequency
   coordinator whenever an MBAN programmer/control transmitter in the
   2360-2390 MHz band is permanently taken out of service, unless it is
   replaced with transmitter(s) using the same technical characteristics
   and locations as those reported on the health care facility's
   registration which will cover the replacement transmitter(s). A health
   care facility shall keep the information contained in each registration
   current and shall notify the frequency coordinator of any material
   change to the MBAN's location or operating parameters. In the event
   that the health care facility proposes to change the MBAN's location or
   operating parameters, the MBAN coordinator must first evaluate the
   proposed changes and comply with paragraph (c) of this section, as
   appropriate, before the health care facility may operate the MBAN in
   the 2360-2390 MHz band under changed operating parameters

   (c) Coordination procedures. The frequency coordinator will determine
   if an MBAN is within the line of sight of an AMT receive facility in
   the 2360-2390 MHz band and notify the health care facility when it may
   begin MBAN operations under the applicable procedures in (c)(1) or (2)
   of this section.

   (1) If the MBAN is beyond the line of sight of an AMT receive facility,
   it may operate without prior coordination with the AMT coordinator,
   provided that the MBAN coordinator provides the AMT coordinator with
   the MBAN registration information and the AMT coordinator concurs that
   the MBAN is beyond the line of sight prior to the MBAN beginning
   operations in the band.

   (2) If the MBAN is within line of sight of an AMT receive facility, the
   MBAN frequency coordinator shall achieve a mutually satisfactory
   coordination agreement with the AMT frequency coordinator prior to the
   MBAN beginning operations in the band. Such coordination agreement
   shall provide protection to AMT receive stations consistent with
   International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Recommendation ITU-R
   M.1459, “Protection criteria for telemetry systems in the aeronautical
   mobile service and mitigation techniques to facilitate sharing with
   geostationary broadcasting-satellite and mobile-satellite services in
   the frequency bands 1 452-1 525 and 2 310-2 360 MHz,” May 2000, as
   adjusted using generally accepted engineering practices and standards
   that are mutually agreeable to both coordinators to take into account
   the local conditions and operating characteristics of the applicable
   AMT and MBAN facilities, and shall specify when the device shall limit
   its transmissions to segments of the 2360-2390 MHz band or shall cease
   operation in the band. This ITU document is incorporated by reference
   in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51 and approved by
   the Director of Federal Register. Copies of the recommendation may be
   obtained from ITU, Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland, or
   online at http://www.itu.int/en/publications/Pages/default.aspx. You
   may inspect a copy at the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th
   Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, or at the National Archives and
   Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of
   this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to:
   http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ib
   r_locations.html. “Generally accepted engineering practices and
   standards” include, but are not limited to, engineering analyses and
   measurement data as well as limiting MBAN operations in the band by
   time or frequency.

   (3) If an AMT operator plans to operate a receive site not previously
   analyzed by the MBAN coordinator to determine line of sight to an MBAN
   facility, the AMT operator shall consider using locations that are
   beyond the line of sight of a registered health care facility. If the
   AMT operator determines that non-line of sight locations are not
   practical for its purposes, the AMT coordinator shall notify the MBAN
   coordinator upon no less than 7 days' notice that the registered health
   care facility must cease MBAN operations in the 2360-2390 MHz band
   unless the parties can achieve a mutually satisfactory coordination
   agreement under paragraph (c)(2) of this section.

   [ 77 FR 55734 , Sept. 11, 2012, as amended at  79 FR 60100 , Oct. 6, 2014]

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