Sec. 68.300  Labelling requirements.

    (a) Registered terminal equipment and registered protective 
circuitry shall have prominently displayed on an outside surface the 
following information in the following format:

Complies With Part 68, FCC Rules
 FCC Registration Number________________________________________________
 Ringer Equivalence_____________________________________________________

    (b) Registered terminal equipment and registered protective 
circuitry shall also have the following identifying information 
permanently affixed thereto:
    (1) Grantee's name
    (2) Model number, as specified in the registration application
    (3) Serial number or date of manufacture.
    (4) Country of origin of the equipment: Made in ------. Required if 
the equipment is not manufactured in the United States. Country of 
origin shall be determined in accordance with 19 U.S.C. 1304 and 
regulations promulgated thereunder.
    (5) As used herein, ``permanently affixed'' means that the required 
nameplate data is etched, engraved, stamped, indelibly printed or 
otherwise permanently marked. Alternatively, the required information 
may be permanently marked on a nameplate of metal, plastic, or other 
material fastened to the enclosure by welding, riveting, etc., or with a 
permanent adhesive. Such a nameplate must be able to last the expected 
lifetime of the equipment in the environment in which the equipment will 
be operated and must not be readily detachable.
    (c) As of April 1, 1997, all registered telephones, including 
cordless telephones, as defined in Sec. 15.3(j) of this chapter, 
manufactured in the United States (other than for export) or imported 
for use in the United States, that are hearing aid compatible, as 
defined in Sec. 68.316, shall have the letters ``HAC'' permanently 
affixed thereto. ``Permanently affixed'' shall be defined as in 
Sec. 68.300(b)(5). Telephones used with public mobile services or 
private radio services, and secure telephones, as defined by Sec. 68.3, 
are exempt from this requirement.
    (d)) When the device is so small or for such use that it is not 
practical to place the labelling information specified in paragraphs (a) 
and (b) of this section, the information required by these paragraphs 
shall be placed in a prominent place in user instructions. The FCC 
Registration Number and the device Model Number, however, must

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be displayed on the device. All lettering on the label must be 
discernible without magnification.

[ 45 FR 20853 , Mar. 31, 1980, as amended at  51 FR 944 , Jan. 9, 1986;  61 FR 42187 , Aug. 14, 1996;  61 FR 42392 , Aug. 15, 1996;  61 FR 54953 , Oct. 
23, 1996]