§ 15.37   Transition provisions for compliance with this part.

   (a) The manufacture or importation of scanning receivers, and frequency
   converters designed or marketed for use with scanning receivers, that
   do not comply with the provisions of § 15.121 shall cease on or before
   October 25, 1999. Effective July 26, 1999, the Commission will not
   grant equipment authorization for receivers that do not comply with the
   provisions of § 15.121. This paragraph does not prohibit the sale or use
   of authorized receivers manufactured in the United States, or imported
   into the United States, prior to October 25, 1999.

   (b) Effective October 16, 2002, an equipment approval may no longer be
   obtained for medical telemetry equipment operating under the provisions
   of § 15.241 or § 15.242. The requirements for obtaining an approval for
   medical telemetry equipment after this date are found in subpart H of
   part 95 of this chapter.

   (c) All radio frequency devices that are authorized on or after July
   12, 2004 under the certification, or Supplier's Declaration of
   Conformity procedures (or the prior verification or declaration of
   conformity procedures, as applicable) shall comply with the conducted
   limits specified in § 15.107 or § 15.207 as appropriate. All radio
   frequency devices that are manufactured or imported on or after July
   11, 2005 shall comply with the conducted limits specified in § 15.107 or
   § 15.207, as appropriate. Equipment authorized, imported or manufactured
   prior to these dates shall comply with the conducted limits specified
   in § 15.107 or § 15.207, as appropriate, or with the conducted limits
   that were in effect immediately prior to September 9, 2002.

   (d) Radar detectors manufactured or imported after August 28, 2002 and
   marketed after September 27, 2002 shall comply with the regulations
   specified in this part. Radar detectors manufactured or imported prior
   to January 27, 2003 may be labeled with the information required by
   § 2.925 of this chapter and § 15.19(a) on the individual equipment carton
   rather than on the device, and are exempt from complying with the
   requirements of § 15.21.

   (e) U-NII equipment operating in the 5.25-5.35 GHz band for which
   applications for certification are filed on or after July 20, 2006
   shall comply with the DFS and TPC requirements specified in § 15.407.
   U-NII equipment operating in the 5.25-5.35 GHz band that are imported
   or marketed on or after July 20, 2007 shall comply with the DFS and TPC
   requirements in § 15.407.

   (f) All Access BPL devices that are manufactured, imported, marketed or
   installed on or after July 7, 2006, shall comply with the requirements
   specified in subpart G of this part, including certification of the
   equipment.

   (g) The manufacture or importation of auditory assistance devices that
   operate in the 72.0-73.0 MHz, 74.6-74.8 MHz, and 75.2-76.0 MHz bands
   that do not comply with the requirements of § 15.237(c) shall cease on
   or before July 11, 2016. Effective January 12, 2015, equipment approval
   will not be granted for auditory assistance devices that operate in the
   72.0-73.0 MHz, 74.6-74.8 MHz, and 75.2-76.0 MHz bands that do not
   comply with the requirements of § 15.237(c). These rules do not prohibit
   the sale or use of authorized auditory assistance devices that operate
   in the 72.0-73.0 MHz, 74.6-74.8 MHz, and 75.2-76.0 MHz bands
   manufactured in the United States, or imported into the United States,
   prior to July 11, 2016.

   (h) Effective June 2, 2015 devices using digital modulation techniques
   in the 5725-5850 MHz bands will no longer be certified under the
   provisions of § 15.247. The technical requirements for obtaining
   certification after this date for digitally modulated devices and the
   digitally modulated portion of hybrid devices are found in subpart E of
   this part. The provisions for the frequency hopping spread spectrum
   portion of hybrid devices will remain in § 15.247. Effective June 2,
   2016 systems using digital modulation techniques in the 5725-5850 MHz
   band certified under the provisions of § 15.247 may no longer be
   imported or marketed within the United States.

   (i) As of December 26, 2017, wireless microphones for which an
   application for certification is filed must comply with the
   requirements of § 15.236. Manufacturing and marketing of wireless
   microphones that would not comply with the rules for operation in
   § 15.236 must cease no later than September 24, 2018. Only wireless
   microphones certified for operation under this part may be operated
   under this part as of July 13, 2020.

   (j) White space devices for which a certification application is filed
   beginning June 23, 2016, must comply with the channel push requirements
   in § 15.711(i) of this part. White space devices that are imported or
   marketed beginning September 23, 2016, must comply with this
   requirement. White space devices that do not comply with this
   requirement must cease operation no later than December 23, 2016.

   (k) Disclosure requirements for unlicensed wireless microphones capable
   of operating in the 600 MHz service band. Any person who manufactures,
   sells, leases, or offers for sale or lease, unlicensed wireless
   microphones that are capable of operating in the 600 MHz service band,
   as defined in this part, on or after July 13, 2017, is subject to the
   following disclosure requirements:

   (1) Such persons must display the consumer disclosure text, as
   specified by the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at the point
   of sale or lease of each such unlicensed wireless microphone. The text
   must be displayed in a clear, conspicuous, and readily legible manner.
   One way to fulfill the requirement in this section is to display the
   consumer disclosure text in a prominent manner on the product box by
   using a label (either printed onto the box or otherwise affixed to the
   box), a sticker, or other means. Another way to fulfill this
   requirement is to display the text immediately adjacent to each
   unlicensed wireless microphone offered for sale or lease and clearly
   associated with the model to which it pertains.

   (2) If such persons offer such unlicensed wireless microphones via
   direct mail, catalog, or electronic means, they shall prominently
   display the consumer disclosure text in close proximity to the images
   and descriptions of each such unlicensed wireless microphone. The text
   should be in a size large enough to be clear, conspicuous, and readily
   legible, consistent with the dimensions of the advertisement or
   description.

   (3) If such persons have Web sites pertaining to these unlicensed
   wireless microphones, the consumer disclosure text must be displayed
   there in a clear, conspicuous, and readily legible manner (even in the
   event such persons do not sell unlicensed wireless microphones directly
   to the public).

   (4) The consumer disclosure text described in paragraph (k)(1) of this
   section is set forth in Figure 1 to this paragraph.
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   (l) The certification of wideband vehicular radars designed to operate
   in the 23.12-29 GHz band under § 15.252 and ultra-wideband vehicular
   radars designed to operate in the 22-29 GHz band under § 15.515 shall
   not be permitted on or after September 20, 2018.

   (m) The manufacture, importation, marketing, sale, and installation of
   wideband or ultra-wideband vehicular radars that are designed to
   operate in the 23.12-29 GHz band under § 15.252 and/or in the 22-29 GHz
   band under § 15.515 shall not be permitted after January 1, 2022.
   Notwithstanding the foregoing, sale and installation of such radars is
   permitted, for the life of the vehicle, when the following conditions
   have been met:

   (1) The sale and installation is for the exclusive purpose of repairing
   or replacing defective, damaged, or potentially malfunctioning radars
   that are designed to operate in the 23.12-29 GHz band under § 15.252
   and/or in the 22-29 GHz band under § 15.515;

   (2) The equipment being repaired or replaced has been installed in the
   vehicle on or before January 1, 2022; and

   (3) It is not possible to replace the vehicular radar equipment
   designed to operate in the 23.12-29 GHz and/or 22-29 GHz bands with
   vehicular radar equipment designed to operate in the 76-81 GHz band.

   (n) Wideband or ultra-wideband vehicular radars operating in the
   23.12-29 GHz band under § 15.252 and/or in the 22-29 GHz band under
   § 15.515 that are already installed or in use may continue to operate in
   accordance with their previously obtained certification. Class II
   permissive changes for such equipment shall not be permitted after
   January 1, 2022.

   (o) Applicable July 13, 2017, the certification, manufacture,
   importation, marketing, sale, and installation of field disturbance
   sensors that are designed to operate in the 16.2-17.7 GHz and 46.7-46.9
   GHz bands shall not be permitted. Field disturbance sensors already
   installed or in use in the 16.2-17.7 GHz band may continue to operate
   in accordance with their previously obtained certification. Class II
   permissive changes shall not be permitted for such equipment.

   (p) Effective October 20, 2017, the certification under this part of
   vehicular radars and fixed radar systems used in airport air operations
   areas that are designed to operate in the 76-77 GHz band shall not be
   permitted. Vehicular radars and fixed radar systems used in airport air
   operations areas operating in the 76-77 GHz band that are already
   installed or in use may continue to operate in accordance with their
   previously obtained certification. Any future certification, or any
   change of already issued certification and operations of such
   equipment, shall be under part 95, subpart M, of this chapter.

   (q) All fixed white space devices which are approved by
   Telecommunication Certification Bodies on or after February 19, 2020 or
   that are marketed on or after February 19, 2021 shall comply with the
   requirements of § 15.711(c). Fixed white space devices which are
   approved or marketed before the dates in the preceding sentence shall
   comply with either the requirements of § 15.711(c) or the requirements
   of § 15.711(c) as in effect prior to August 19, 2019 (see 47 CFR part 15
   as revised October 1, 2018).

   [ 77 FR 4913 , Feb. 1, 2012, as amended at  78 FR 34927 , June 11, 2013;  79 FR 24578 , May 1, 2014;  80 FR 71728 , Nov. 17, 2015;  80 FR 73068 , Nov.
   23, 2015;  82 FR 41559 , Sept. 1, 2017;  82 FR 43870 , Sept. 20, 2017;  82 FR 50832 , Nov. 2, 2017;  83 FR 10640 , 10642, Mar. 12, 2018;  84 FR 34796 ,
   July 19, 2019]

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