Ohio Code 128.24 – Multiline telephone system 9-1-1 requirements
(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 128.24
- Emergency response location: means an additional location identification that provides a specific location. See Ohio Code 128.01
- Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
- Multiline telephone system: means a system to which both of the following apply:
(1) The system consists of common control units, telephone sets, control hardware and software, and adjunct systems, including network and premises-based systems. See Ohio Code 128.01
- Operator of a multiline telephone system: means an entity to which both of the following apply:
(1) The entity manages or operates a multiline telephone system through which an end user may initiate communication using the 9-1-1 system. See Ohio Code 128.01
- Public safety answering point: means an entity responsible for receiving requests for emergency services sent by dialing 9-1-1 within a specified territory and processing those requests for emergency services according to a specific operational policy that includes directly dispatching the appropriate emergency service provider, relaying a message to the appropriate emergency service provider, or transferring the request for emergency services to the appropriate emergency service provider. See Ohio Code 128.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) Each operator of a multiline telephone system that was installed or substantially renovated on or after the effective date of this section , shall provide to the end user the same level of 9-1-1 service that is provided to other end users of 9-1-1 within the state. That service shall include the provision of either of the following, which shall satisfy the requirements of division (A)(3) of this section:
(a) Legacy automatic number identification and automatic location identification;
(b) Next generation 9-1-1 location data.
(2) Each operator of a multiline telephone system that was installed or substantially renovated on or after the effective date of this section , shall provide an emergency-response-location identifier as part of the location transmission to the public safety answering point, using either legacy private-switch automatic location identification or next generation 9-1-1 methodologies.
(3) Each operator of a multiline telephone system that was installed or substantially renovated on or after the effective date of this section , shall identify the specific location of the caller using an emergency response location that includes the public street address of the building from which the call originated, a suite or room number, the building floor, and a building identifier, if applicable.
(B) All locations provided under this section shall be either master-street-address-guide or next-generation-9-1-1-location-validation-function valid.
(C) The requirements of divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of this section do not apply to a multiline telephone system in a workspace of less than seven thousand square feet in a single building, on a single level of a structure, having a single public street address.
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