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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 4, 2021 / Rules and Regulations States are required to offer at least one handset model in that air interface that is hearing aid-compatible under paragraph b of this section.
3 Manufacturers that offer four or five handset models in an air interface must offer at least two handset models that are hearing aid-compatible under paragraph b of this section in that air interface. Tier I carriers who offer four handset models in an air interface must offer at least two handsets that are hearing aid-compatible under paragraph b of this section in that air interface and Tier I carriers who offer five handset models in an air interface must offer at least three handsets that are hearing aid-compatible under paragraph b of this section in that air interface.
Service providers, other than Tier I
carriers, who offer four handset models in an air interface must offer at least two handset models that are hearing aidcompatible under paragraph b of this section in that air interface and service providers, other than Tier I carriers, who offer five handset models in an air interface must offer at least three handsets that are hearing aid-compatible under paragraph b of this section in that air interface.

g Model designation requirements.
Where a manufacturer has made physical changes to a handset that result in a change in the hearing aid compatibility rating under the 2011
ANSI standard or an earlier version of the standard, the altered handset must be given a model designation distinct from that of the handset prior to its alteration.
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ii A clearly marked list of hearing aid-compatible handset models that are no longer offered if the calendar month/
year that model was last offered is within 24 months of the current calendar month/year along with the information listed in paragraph h1 of this section for each hearing aidcompatible handset.

5 Service providers must maintain internal records including the ratings, if applicable, of all hearing aid-compatible and non-hearing aid-compatible models no longer offered if the calendar month/year that model was last offered is within 24 months of the current calendar month/year; for models no longer offered if the calendar month/
year that model was last offered is within 24 months of the current calendar month/year, the calendar months and years each hearing aidcompatible and non-hearing aid-

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compatible model was first and last offered; and the marketing model name/
numbers and FCC ID number of each hearing aid-compatible and non-hearing aid-compatible model no longer offered if the calendar month/year that model was last offered is within 24 months of the current calendar month/year.

k Delegation of rulemaking authority. 1 The Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology are delegated authority to issue, consistent with any applicable requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553, an order amending this section to the extent necessary to adopt technical standards for additional frequency bands and/or air interfaces upon the establishment of such standards by ANSI Accredited Standards Committee C63, provided that the standards do not impose with respect to such frequency bands or air interfaces materially greater obligations than those imposed on other services subject to this section. Any new obligations on manufacturers and Tier I
carriers pursuant to paragraphs c through i of this section as a result of such standards shall become effective no less than one year after release of the order adopting such standards and any new obligations on other service providers shall become effective no less than 15 months after the release of such order, except that any new obligations on manufacturers and service providers subject to paragraph e1ii of this section shall become effective no less than two years after the release of such order.
2 The Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology are delegated authority, by notice-and-comment rulemaking if required by statute or otherwise in the public interest, to issue an order amending this section to the extent necessary to approve any version of the technical standards for radio frequency interference, inductive coupling, or volume control adopted subsequently to the 2007 ANSI standard for use in determining whether a wireless handset meets the appropriate rating over frequency bands and air interfaces for which technical standards have previously been adopted either by the Commission or pursuant to paragraph k1 of this section. This delegation is limited to the approval of changes to the technical standards that do not raise major compliance issues. Further, by such approvals, the Chiefs may only permit, and not require, the use of such subsequent versions of the technical
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standards to establish hearing aid compatibility.
l Incorporation by reference. The standards required in this section are incorporated by reference into this section with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C.
552a and 1 CFR part 51. All approved material is available for inspection at the Federal Communications Commission FCC, 45 L Street NE, Reference Information Center, Room 1.150, Washington, DC 20554, 202
4180270, and is available from the source indicated in this paragraph l. It is also available for inspection at the National Archives and Records Administration NARA. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, email fedreg.legal@
nara.gov or go to www.archives.gov/
federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
1 IEEE Standards Association IEEE
SA, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ
088544141, 732 9810060, stds-info@
ieee.org, https standards.ieee.org/.
i ANSI C63.192007, American National Standard Methods of Measurement of Compatibility Between Wireless Communication Devices and Hearing Aids, approved June 8, 2007.
ii ANSI C63.192011, American National Standard Methods of Measurement of Compatibility Between Wireless Communication Devices and Hearing Aids, approved May 27, 2011.
iii ANSI C63.192019, American National Standard Methods of Measurement of Compatibility Between Wireless Communication Devices and Hearing Aids, approved August 19, 2019.
2 Telecommunications Industry Association TIA, 1320 North Courthouse Road, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22201, 703 9077700, global@
ihs.com, https global.ihs.com/csf_
home.cfm?&csf=TIA.
i ANSI/TIA50502018, TelecommunicationsCommunications ProductsReceive Volume Control Requirements for Wireless Mobile Devices, approved January 17, 2018.
ii Reserved 5. Delayed indefinitely, further amend 20.19 by revising paragraphs f, h1, and i to read as follows:
20.19 Hearing aid-compatible mobile handsets.

f Labeling and disclosure requirements for hearing aid-compatible handsets1 Package label. For all handset models certified to be hearing aid-compatible, manufacturers and service providers shall ensure that the handsets package label states that the handset is hearing aid-compatible and
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