2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 69 - Public Utilities
6902 - Willful obstruction of emergency telephone calls.

     § 6902.  Willful obstruction of emergency telephone calls.
        (a)  Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a summary
     offense if he willfully refuses to relinquish immediately a
     party line when informed that the line is needed for an
     emergency call to a fire department or police department or for
     medical aid or ambulance service, or if he secures the use of a
     party line by falsely stating that the line is needed for an
     emergency call.
        (b)  Notice to public.--Every telephone directory distributed
     to the members of the general public in this Commonwealth, or in
     any portion thereof, which lists the calling numbers of
     telephones of any telephone exchange located in this
     Commonwealth, shall contain a notice which explains the offense
     provided for in this section. The notice shall be printed in
     type which is not smaller than the smallest other type on the
     same page, and to be preceded by the word "warning" printed in
     type at least as large as the largest type on the same page. The
     provisions of this subsection shall not apply to those
     directories distributed solely for business advertising purposes
     commonly known as classified directories. Any person, providing
     telephone service which distributes, or causes to be
     distributed, in this Commonwealth copies of a telephone
     directory violating the provisions of this subsection, shall be
     guilty of a summary offense.
        (c)  Definitions.--As used in this section the following
     words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
     subsection:
        "Emergency."  A situation in which property or human life are
     in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential.
        "Party line."  A subscriber's line telephone circuit,
     consisting of two or more main telephone stations connected
     therewith each station with a distinctive ring or telephone
     number.