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Maine
Telecommunications relay services: service requirements for relay providers in Maine
Telecommunications Relay Services, 35-A M.R.S. secs. 8702 and 8703
In force.
An accessibility requirements rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Disclosure
What it requires
- If you provide telecommunications relay services in Maine, make them available on a statewide basis to the extent technologically feasible and 24 hours a day for every calendar day of the year (35-A M.R.S. sec. 8703(1) and (2)).
- Do not refuse calls or limit the length of calls (sec. 8703(3)).
- Keep relay service communications confidential (sec. 8703(5)).
- Do not assess a separate fee for telecommunications relay services to users of the services (sec. 8703(6)).
- On request, make known to users any restrictions on the types of calls handled and any rates or charges for the services (sec. 8703(9) and (10)).
- Take into consideration any comments from the Telecommunications Relay Services Council (sec. 8703(8)).
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What this law does
Telecommunications relay services in Maine must be available on a statewide basis to the extent that they are technologically feasible. Telecommunications relay services must be available 24 hours a day for every calendar day of the year. Relay service operators may not refuse calls or limit the length of calls. The providers of telecommunications relay services must keep relay service communications confidential.
A separate fee for telecommunications relay services may not be assessed to users of the services. On request, providers must make known to users any restrictions on the types of calls handled, such as collect calls and automated information services. The statute defines a telecommunications relay service as a service transmitting messages and information between a person using a telecommunications device for the deaf and another person.
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