Oklahoma § 63-2855.1 - Direct access to 9-1-1 service required

§ 63-2855.1. Direct access to 9-1-1 service required

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

D. The provisions of this act shall apply to the extent such

provisions are not inconsistent with or preempted by federal law.

Added by Laws 2016, c. 146, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.