§ 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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