2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 65 GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES, CITIES, AND OTHER LOCAL UNITS 65.750 Definitions for KRS 65.750 to 65.760.
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65.750 Definitions for KRS 65.750 to 65.760.
As used in this section to KRS 65.760:
(1) "911 emergency telephone service" means a telephone service which provides the
user of the public telephone system the ability to place calls to a public safety
answering point on a twenty-four (24) hour basis and reach local emergency service
agencies by dialing the digits 9-1-1. Such a service is capable, at minimum, of
transmitting requests for law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical and
ambulance services to a public safety agency or other provider that provides the
requested service at the place where the call originates. A 911 emergency telephone
service may also provide for other emergency services. The term "911 emergency
telephone service" includes the term wireline "enhanced 911 system," which means
an emergency telephone system that provides the caller with wireline emergency
911 system service and, in addition, directs 911 calls to appropriate public safety
answering points based on the geographical location from which the call originated
and may provide the capability for automatic number identification, pseudoautomatic number identification, selective routing, and automatic location
identification features. As used in KRS 65.760, the term "911 emergency telephone
service" does not include the term "wireless enhanced 911 system," "wireless
enhanced 911 service," or "wireless E911 service" as used in KRS 65.7621 to
65.7643;
(2) "Automatic number identification (ANI)" means a feature that allows for the
automatic display of the ten (10) digit number, or equivalent, used to place a 911
call;
(3) "Automatic location identification (ALI)" means a feature by which the name and
address associated with the calling party's telephone number is made available to a
PSAP;
(4) "Automatic location identification data management system (ALI/DBS)" means a
system of manual procedures and computer programs used to create, store, and
update the data required for ALI in support of enhanced 911;
(5) "Dispersed private telephone system (DPTS)" means a multiline, shared tenant
system or PBX used for the purpose of reselling telephone service to residential
customers and whose connection to a telephone network is capable of carrying
emergency calls from more than one (1) specific location within a structure or
structures but does not mean a multiline, shared tenant system or PBX owned and
operated by a state agency or used in providing service within a hotel or motel;
(6) "Fully enhanced 911 emergency telephone service" means a telephone network
feature that selectively routes calls placed to the national 911 emergency number to
the proper public service answering points (PSAPs) and provides the PSAP with a
voice connection and ANI and ALI information;
(7) "Private branch exchange (PBX)" means a privately owned switch system that
connects calls to a telephone company;
(8) "Public safety answering point" or "PSAP" means a communications facility that is
assigned the responsibility to receive 911 calls originating in a given area and, as
appropriate, to dispatch public safety services or to extend, transfer, or relay 911
calls to appropriate public safety agencies;
(9) "Service supplier" means a person or entity that administers, maintains, and
operates the ALI/DBS and may include telephone companies that provide local
exchange telephone service to a telephone subscriber; and
(10) "Station identification number (SIN)" means a number that a DPTS uses to identify
a specific station on the switch.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 521, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 535,
sec. 13, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 1, effective
July 13, 1984.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). This section was amended by 1998
Ky. Acts chs. 521 and 535 which do not appear to be in conflict and have been
codified together.
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