                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 56-484.19)

As used in this article:		&#8220;Alternative method of providing call location
information&#8221; means a method of maintaining and operating a multiline
telephone system that ensures that:

1. Emergency calls from a telephone station provide the PSAP with sufficient
location identification information to ensure that emergency responders are
dispatched to a location at the facility from which the emergency call was
placed, from which location emergency responders will be able to ascertain the
telephone station where the emergency call was placed (i) by being able to view
all of the telephone stations in the area contiguous to the telephone station
from which the emergency call was placed or (ii) by the activation of an
alerting system at the facility, which activation is triggered by the placing of
the emergency call, and which readily allows arriving emergency responders to
determine the physical location of the telephone station from which the
emergency call was placed. A light or alarm located near the telephone station
is an example of such an alerting system;

2. Emergency calls from a telephone station, in addition to reaching a PSAP,
connect to or otherwise notify a switchboard operator, attendant, or other
designated on-site individual who is capable of giving the PSAP the location of
the telephone station from which the emergency call was placed; or

3. Calls to the digits &#8220;9-1-1&#8243; from a telephone station connect to a
private emergency answering point.
			An alternative method of providing call location information shall also be
deemed to be provided, as a result of the imputed ability of emergency
responders to readily locate all telephone stations from which the emergency
call could have been placed, when emergency calls provide calling party
information corresponding to a contiguous area containing the telephone from
which the emergency call was placed, of fewer than 7,000 square feet, located on
one or more floors.			&#8220;Automatic location identification&#8221; or
&#8220;ALI&#8221; means the automatic display at a PSAP of information defining
the emergency call location, which information shall identify the floor name or
number, room name or number, building name or number, cubicle name or number,
and office name or number, as applicable, or imparts other information that is
sufficiently specific to provide the emergency responders with the ability to
locate the telephone station from which the emergency call was
placed.			&#8220;Automatic number identification&#8221; or &#8220;ANI&#8221;
means the automatic display at a PSAP of a telephone number that a PSAP may use
to call the telephone station from which the emergency call was
placed.			&#8220;Calling party information&#8221; means information that is
delivered by the MLTS provider to the PSAP that is used to provide the ANI and
ALI function.			&#8220;Central office system&#8221; means a business telephone
service offered by a provider of communications services that provides features
similar to a private branch exchange by transmitting data over
telecommunications equipment or cable lines.			&#8220;Emergency call&#8221;
means a telephone call that enables the user to reach a PSAP by dialing the
digits &#8220;9-1-1&#8243; and, if applicable, any additional digit or digits
that must be dialed in order to permit the user to access the public switched
telephone network.			&#8220;Emergency call location&#8221; means the location of
the telephone station on an MLTS from which an emergency call is placed and to
which a PSAP may dispatch emergency responders based upon ALI provided via the
emergency call.			&#8220;Emergency responders&#8221; means fire services, law
enforcement, emergency medical services, and other public services or agencies
that may be dispatched by a PSAP in response to an emergency
call.			&#8220;Enhanced 9-1-1 service&#8221; means a service consisting of
telephone network features and PSAPs that (i) enables users of telephone systems
to reach a PSAP by making an emergency call; (ii) automatically directs
emergency calls to the appropriate PSAPs by selective routing based on the
geographical location from which the emergency call originated; and (iii)
provides the capability for ANI and ALI features.			&#8220;Facility&#8221; means
real estate and improvements used principally for or as a (i) hotel as defined
in &#xA7; 35.1-1, (ii) dormitory at an institution of higher education, (iii)
medical care facility as defined in &#xA7; 32.1-3, (iv) group home or other
residential facility licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Services or Department of Social Services, (v) assisted living
facility as defined in &#xA7; 63.2-100, (vi) apartment complex or condominium
where shared tenant telephone service is provided, (vii) commercial or
government office building, (viii) manufacturing, processing, assembly,
warehouse, or distribution establishment, or (ix) retail
establishment.			&#8220;MLTS provider&#8221; means a person who operates a
facility at which telephone service is provided, with or without compensation,
through a multiline telephone system.			&#8220;MLTS service provider&#8221;
means a person offering or operating third party services that combine
communications services, private branch exchange or central office systems, and
multiline telephone systems where such services are provided to an MLTS provider
on a fee-for-service basis.			&#8220;Multiline telephone system&#8221; or
&#8220;MLTS&#8221; means a telephone system, including network-based or
premises-based systems, whether owned or leased by a public or private entity,
operated in the Commonwealth, that serves a facility, has more than one
telephone station, and is comprised of common control units, telephones, and
control hardware and software that share a common interface to the public
switched telephone network, whether by a private branch exchange or central
office system, without regard to whether the system utilizes VoIP
technology.			&#8220;Person&#8221; includes any individual, corporation,
partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial
entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality
thereof.			&#8220;Portable VoIP services&#8221; includes any MLTS utilizing a
VoIP service and providing an end user with the capability to use the service at
a location independent of the original physical location of telephone stations
on the MLTS.			&#8220;Private emergency answering point&#8221; means an
answering point that is equipped and staffed during all hours that the facility
is occupied to provide adequate means of responding to calls to the digits
&#8220;9-1-1&#8243; from telephones on a multiline telephone system by reporting
incidents to a PSAP in a manner that identifies the emergency response location
from which the call to the answering point was placed.			&#8220;Public safety
answering point&#8221; or &#8220;PSAP&#8221; means a communications operation
operated by or on behalf of a governmental entity that is equipped and staffed
on a 24-hour basis to receive and process telephone calls for emergency
assistance from an individual by dialing, in addition to any digits required to
obtain an outside line, the digits &#8220;9-1-1.&#8221;			&#8220;Public switched
telephone network&#8221; means the worldwide, interconnected networks of
equipment, lines, and controls assembled to establish circuit-switched voice
communication paths between calling and called parties.			&#8220;Retail
establishment&#8221; means any establishment selling goods or services to the
ultimate user or consumer of those goods or services, not for the purpose of
resale, but for that user&#8217;s or consumer&#8217;s personal rather than
business use.			&#8220;Telephone call&#8221; means the use of a telephone to
initiate an ordinary voice transmission placed through the public switched
telephone network.			&#8220;Telephone station&#8221; means a telephone on a
multiline telephone system, from which a call may be placed to a PSAP by
dialing, in addition to any digits required to access the public switched
telephone network, the digits &#8220;9-1-1.&#8221; However, in any medical care
facility or licensed assisted living facility, &#8220;telephone station&#8221;
includes any telephone on a multiline telephone system located in an
administrative office, nursing station, lobby, waiting area, or other area
accessible to the general public but does not include a telephone located in the
room of a patient or resident.			&#8220;VoIP service&#8221; has the same meaning
ascribed to it in &#xA7; 56-484.12.

HISTORY: 2007, c. 427; 2008, c. 853; 2009, cc. 813, 840.