§ 95.401   (CB Rule 1) What are the Citizens Band Radio Services?

   The Citizens Band Radio Services are:

   (a) The Citizens Band (CB) Radio Service—a private, two-way, short-distance
   voice communications service for personal or business activities of the
   general public. The CB Radio Service may also be used for voice paging.

   (b) The Family Radio Service (FRS)—a private, two-way, very short-distance
   voice and data communications service for facilitating family and group
   activities. The rules for this service are contained in subpart B of this
   part.

   (c)  The  Low  Power  Radio  Service  (LPRS)—a private, short-distance
   communication  service  providing  auditory assistance to persons with
   disabilities, persons who require language translation, and persons in
   educational settings, health care assistance to the ill, law enforcement
   tracking services in cooperation with law enforcement, and point-to-point
   network control communications for Automated Marine Telecommunications
   System (AMTS) coast stations licensed under part 80 of this chapter. The
   rules for this service are listed under subpart G of this part. Two-way
   voice communications are prohibited.

   (d) The Medical Device Radiocommunication Service (MedRadio)—an ultra-low
   power radio service, for the transmission of non-voice data for the purpose
   of facilitating diagnostic and/or therapeutic functions involving implanted
   and body-worn medical devices. The rules for this service are contained in
   subpart I of this part.

   (e) The Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS)—a private, short distance
   data  communication  service  for  the transmission of patient medical
   information to a central monitoring location in a hospital or other medical
   facility. Voice and video communications are prohibited. Waveforms such as
   electrocardiograms (ECGs) are not considered video. The rules for this
   service are contained in subpart H of this part.

   (f) The Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS)—a private, two-way, short-distance
   voice or data communications service for personal or business activities of
   the general public. The rules for this service are contained in subpart J of
   this part.

   (g)   Dedicated  Short-Range  Communications  Service  On-Board  Units
   (DSRCS-OBUs). The rules for this service are contained in subpart L of this
   part. DSRCS-OBUs may communicate with DSRCS Roadside Units (RSUs), which are
   authorized under part 90 of this chapter. DSRCS, RSU, and OBU are defined in
   § 90.7 of this chapter.

   (h) Citizens Broadband Radio Service—The rules for this service, including
   technical rules, are contained in part 96 of this chapter. Only Citizens
   Broadband Radio Service Devices authorized on a General Authorized Access
   basis, as those terms are defined in § 96.3, are considered part of the
   Citizens Band Radio Services.

   [ 61 FR 28769 , June 6, 1996, as amended at  61 FR 46566 , Sept. 4, 1996;  64 FR 69929 , Dec. 15, 1999;  65 FR 44008 , July 17, 2000;  65 FR 53190 , Sept. 1,
   2000;  65 FR 60877 , Oct. 13, 2000;  67 FR 63289 , Oct. 11, 2002;  68 FR 9901 ,
   Mar. 3, 2003;  69 FR 46445 , Aug. 3, 2004;  74 FR 22705 , May 14, 2009;  80 FR 36222 , June 23, 2015]

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