Sec. 68.218  Responsibility of grantee of equipment registration.

    (a) In applying for a grant of an equipment registration, the 
grantee warrants that each unit of equipment marketed under such grant 
will comply with all the applicable rules and regulations in subpart D 
of this part.
    (b) The grantee or its agent shall provide the user of the 
registered equipment the following:
    (1) Instructions concerning installation, operational and repair 
procedures, where applicable.
    (2) Instructions that registered terminal equipment or protective 
circuitry may not be used with party lines or coin lines.
    (3) Instructions that when trouble is experienced the customer shall 
disconnect the registered equipment from the telephone line to determine 
if the registered equipment is malfunctioning and that if the registered 
equipment is malfunctioning, the use of such equipment shall be 
discontinued until the problem has been corrected.
    (4) Instructions that the user must give notice to the telephone 
company in accordance with the requirements of Sec. 68.106, and 
instructions specifying the Universal Service Order Code(s), other than 
RJ11 (see Sec. 68.502), of means of connection of the equipment which 
may be required to be ordered from the

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telephone company if not already installed.
    (5) For a telephone which is not hearing aid-compatible, as defined 
in Sec. 68.316 of these rules:
    (i) Notice that FCC rules prohibit the use of that handset in 
certain locations; and
    (ii) A list of such locations (see Sec. 68.112).
    (6) For registered devices used in connection with 1.544 Mbps 
digital services, instructions that the user must notify the telephone 
company prior to disconnection of such registered devices.

A telephone company which provides and installs the registered equipment 
need only provide the user with the information required in paragraphs 
(b)(1), (3) and (5) of this section.
    (c) When registration is revoked for any item of equipment, the 
grantee is responsible to take all reasonable steps to ensure that 
purchasers and users of such equipment are notified of such revocation 
and are notified to discontinue use of such equipment.
    (d) The grantee or its agent shall assure that any registered 
equipment or circuitry which is offered to a user shall be equipped with 
standard means of connection to the telephone network specified in 
subpart F of this part.

[ 41 FR 8049 , Feb. 24, 1976, as amended at  42 FR 32244 , June 24, 1977;  49 FR 1363 , Jan. 11, 1984;  50 FR 48209 , Nov. 22, 1985]