Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2855.1
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Direct access to 9-1-1 service required
Official statutory text
DIRECT ACCESS TO 9-1-1 SERVICE REQUIRED
A. A business owner or operator that owns or controls a
telephone system or equivalent system which utilizes Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) enabled service and provides outbound
dialing capacity or access shall be required to configure the
telephone or equivalent system to allow a person initiating a 9-1-1
call on the system to directly access 9-1-1 without an additional
code, digit, prefix, postfix, or trunk-access code.
B. A business owner or operator that provides residential or
business facilities utilizing a telephone system or equivalent
system as described in subsection A, shall configure the telephone
or equivalent system to provide a notification to a central location
on the site of the residential or business facility when a person
within the residential or business facility dials 9-1-1, provided
the business owner or operator's system is able to be configured to
provide such notification without an improvement to the system's
hardware. The requirement of this subsection does not require a
business owner or operator to have a person available at the central
location to receive such notification.
C. Telephone service providers and Interconnected VoIP Service
providers shall, within sixty (60) days following the enactment of
this act, and at least once annually thereafter, provide written
notification detailing the provisions of this act to any current
commercial customers operating in this state who may be affected by
this act. Such providers shall inform any new commercial customers
of the requirements of this act at the time service is initiated.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1427
D. The provisions of this act shall apply to the extent such
provisions are not inconsistent with or preempted by federal law.
A. A business owner or operator that owns or controls a
telephone system or equivalent system which utilizes Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) enabled service and provides outbound
dialing capacity or access shall be required to configure the
telephone or equivalent system to allow a person initiating a 9-1-1
call on the system to directly access 9-1-1 without an additional
code, digit, prefix, postfix, or trunk-access code.
B. A business owner or operator that provides residential or
business facilities utilizing a telephone system or equivalent
system as described in subsection A, shall configure the telephone
or equivalent system to provide a notification to a central location
on the site of the residential or business facility when a person
within the residential or business facility dials 9-1-1, provided
the business owner or operator's system is able to be configured to
provide such notification without an improvement to the system's
hardware. The requirement of this subsection does not require a
business owner or operator to have a person available at the central
location to receive such notification.
C. Telephone service providers and Interconnected VoIP Service
providers shall, within sixty (60) days following the enactment of
this act, and at least once annually thereafter, provide written
notification detailing the provisions of this act to any current
commercial customers operating in this state who may be affected by
this act. Such providers shall inform any new commercial customers
of the requirements of this act at the time service is initiated.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1427
D. The provisions of this act shall apply to the extent such
provisions are not inconsistent with or preempted by federal law.
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