Sec. 68.200  Application for equipment registration.

    An original and one copy of an application for registration of 
terminal equipment and protective circuitry shall be submitted on FCC 
Form 730 to the Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554 
(Applications requiring fees as set forth at part 1, subpart G of this 
chapter must be filed in accordance with Sec. 0.401(b) of the rules). An 
application for original approval of an equipment type directly 
connected to the network on May 1, 1976, may be submitted as a short 
form application (unless the Commission

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specifically requests the filing of complete information). All other 
applications shall have all questions answered and include the following 
information:
    (a) Identification, technical description and purpose of the 
equipment for which registration is sought.
    (b) The means, if any, employed to limit signal power into 
interface.
    (c) A description of all circuitry employed in assuring compliance 
with this part 68 including the following:
    (1) Specifications, including voltage or current ratings of all 
circuit elements whether active or passive, in that part of the 
equipment or circuitry which ensures compliance with subpart D of this 
part.
    (2) A circuit diagram containing the complete circuit of that part 
of the equipment or circuitry which ensures compliance with subpart D of 
this part. If this portion of the device is subject to factory or field 
adjustment by the applicant or an agent thereof, instructions for these 
adjustments shall be included. In addition, if the equipment or 
circuitry is designed to operate from power supplied by electric utility 
lines, the circuit diagram shall also include that portion of the device 
connected to such lines, including the power supply to the internal 
circuitry, and whatever means are employed to isolate such utility lines 
from the internal circuitry.
    (3) If a service manual is submitted, and any of these items are 
covered therein, it will be sufficient to list the pages in the manual 
on which the information specified in the item(s) appear.
    (d) A statement that the terminal equipment or protective circuitry 
complies with and will continue to comply with the rules and regulations 
in subpart D of this part, accompanied by such test results, description 
of test procedures, analyses, evaluations, quality control standards and 
quality assurance standards as are necessary to demonstrate that such 
terminal equipment or protective circuitry complies with and will 
continue to comply with all the applicable rules and regulations in 
subpart D of this part. The Common Carrier Bureau will publish a 
Registration Application Guide referencing acceptable test procedures; 
but other test methods may be employed provided they are fully described 
in the application and are found acceptable by the Commission.
    (e) A photograph, sample or drawing of the equipment label showing 
the information to be placed thereon.
    (f) Photographs, of size A4 (12.0 cm x 29.7 cm) or 8 x 10 inches 
(20.3 cm x 25.4 cm) of the equipment of sufficient clarity to reveal 
equipment construction and layout and labels for controls, with 
sufficient views of the internal construction to define component 
placement and chassis assembly. Photographs smaller than A4 (21.0 cm x 
29.7 cm) or 8 x 10 inches (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm) will be acceptable if 
mounted on paper A4 (21.0 cm x 29.7 cm) or 8 x 10 inches (20.3 cm x 25.4 
cm) and of sufficient clarity for the purpose. Insofar as these 
requirements are met by photographs or drawings contained in service 
manual or instruction manual included with the application, additional 
photographs are required only to complete the required showing.
    (g) If the device covered by the application is designed to operate 
in conjunction with other equipment, the characteristics of which can 
affect compliance of the device covered by the application with subpart 
D of this part, then such other equipment must also be registered. If 
such other equipment already is registered, then the FCC Registration 
Number(s) must be supplied.
    (h) Electrically transparent adapters, extension cords, line-
transfer swiches and cross-connect panels need not be registered 
provided they meet the requirements of Sec. 68.304(a) and the 
temperature-humidity requirements of Sec. 68.302(b). Descriptive 
installation procedures for cross-connect panels (where used) must be 
provided in equipment registration applications. Additional requirements 
include:
    (1) An extension cord must consist of a male connector and a female 
connector and wiring between them which is no longer than 7.6 meters (25 
feet).
    (2) Transfer switches must be manually operated, not use relays, and 
be wired in a balanced tip and ring configurations. Switch wiring must 
be ``fully protected'' wiring, no longer than 7.6 meters (25 feet).

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    (i) Any application for registration or modification of the 
registration of a telephone, filed on or after March 1, 1984, shall 
state whether the handset complies with Sec. 68.316 of these rules 
(defining hearing aid compatibility), or state that it does not comply 
with that section. A telephone handset which complies with Sec. 68.316 
shall be deemed a ``hearing aid-compatible telephone'' for purposes of 
Sec. 68.4.
    (j) Terminal equipment having the following lead connections to 
standard jacks or adapters are subject to the following compliance 
tests:
    (1) Make-busy leads: The MB and MB1 leads shall be considered 
telephone connections and comply with the requirements of Secs. 68.304 
and 68.306 when isolated from tip and ring. When the corresponding 
telephone line is of the loop-start type the tip and ring leads shall 
comply with all part 68 rules when the MB and MB1 leads are bridged to 
the tip and ring connections.
    (2) Continuity leads: Leakage current limitations shall be met as 
specified in Sec. 68.304. The design of the terminal equipment shall 
assure that the open circuit dc voltage to ground shall not exceed 18 
volts; the dc current in a short circuit across CY1 and CY2 shall not 
exceed 10 milliamperes; and any ac voltage to ground appearing on the 
continuity leads from sources in the terminal equipment shall not exceed 
5 volts peak. The leads, CY1 and CY2, shall be treated as telephone 
connections for the purpose of hazardous voltage limitation tests and 
are only required to comply with Sec. 68.304, 68.306(a) and (b)(1). 
Terminal equipment furnished with CY1 and CY2 leads shall comply with 
the criteria of Sec. 68.308 and 68.314 with a short circuit across the 
CY1 and CY2 leads.
    (3) Specialty adapters need only be evaluated for compliance with 
Secs. 68.304 and 68.310 under the conditions specified in Sec. 68.310. 
Resistors used for setting signal power levels must meet the 
requirements of Sec. 68.502(e). Specialty adapters may be labelled, 
``FCC Reg. No. XXX''. (The proper number should be included.) The other 
information required by Secs. 68.300 need not be provided.
    (4) Data jack programmed resistor leads (PR and PC): See 
Sec. 68.502(e). Leakage current limitations shall be met as specified in 
Sec. 68.304. PR and PC will be treated as telephone connections for the 
purpose of hazardous voltage limitation tests and are only required to 
comply with Sec. 68.306(a) and (b)(1). Equipment furnished with PR and 
PC leads shall comply with the criteria of Secs. 68.308 and 68.314 for 
all permitted values of the programming resistor specified in 
Sec. 68.502(e).
    (k) Any application for registration of a cordless telephone 
operating under the provisions of part 15 of this chapter shall be 
accompanied by a statement indicating that the device contains 
appropriate provision for protection of the public switched telephone 
network, pursuant to the requirements in Sec. 15.214 of this chapter.

[ 41 FR 8048 , Feb. 24, 1976, as amended at  42 FR 32244 , June 24, 1977;  49 FR 1363 , Jan. 11, 1984;  49 FR 48720 , Dec. 14, 1984;  51 FR 944 , Jan. 9, 
1986;  51 FR 12616 , Apr. 14, 1986;  52 FR 10231 , Mar. 31, 1987;  56 FR 3785 , Jan. 31, 1991;  58 FR 44907 , Aug. 25, 1993;  61 FR 42392 , Aug. 15, 
1996]