Section R2-1-401. Definitions

The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this Article:

1.        “Assistant Director” means Assistant Director of the Information Services Division of the Arizona Department of Administration.

2.        “Automatic location identification” or “ALI” means the process of electronically identifying and displaying the name of the subscriber and the address of the calling tele- phone number to a person answering a 9-1-1 call.

3.        “Automatic number identification” or “ANI” means the telephone number of a caller that is automatically identi- fied at the PSAP receiving a 9-1-1 call.

4.        “Basic 9-1-1” means a service that routes a 9-1-1 call to a PSAP for dispatch services. There are no ALI or ANI data provided with the call.

5.        “Busy hour” means the hour period during a 24-hour day when the number of 9-1-1 calls to the PSAP is generally at a maximum.

6.        “Busy month” means the one-month period during a 12- month calendar year when, as a general matter, the num- ber of 9-1-1 calls to the PSAP is at a maximum.

7.        “Central office” means the physical site of the switching equipment for a specific telephone exchange area.

8.        “Customer premise equipment” or CPE means the PSAP’s communication equipment necessary for han- dling 9-1-1 calls.

9.        “Dedicated 9-1-1 trunk” means a telephone circuit that is used exclusively to transport 9-1-1 calls.

10.     “Enhanced 9-1-1” means a service that routes a 9-1-1 call to a PSAP for dispatch services and delivers the tele- phone number, name, and address to the PSAP.

11.     “Fund” means the emergency telecommunication ser- vices revolving fund established in A.R.S. § 41-704(B).

12.     “Network access mileage computations” means a compu- tation based on distance measured from the Central Office located outside of the local exchange area to the Central Office that serves the PSAP based on the type of circuits between the Central Offices.

13.     “Network exchange services” means telephone circuits or private lines dedicated to and used exclusively for the purpose of receiving, extending, or transferring 9-1-1 calls.

14.     “Nine-One-One service” or “9-1-1 service” means a tele- phone service which allows a user of the public telephone system to reach a PSAP by dialing the digits 9-1-1.

15.     “Person” has the same meaning as at A.R.S. § 1-215.

16.     “Public or Private safety agency” means any unit of local, state, or federal government, special purpose district, or private person located in whole or in part within this state, that provides or has the authority to provide fire- fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, or other emer- gency or medical services.

17.     “Public safety answering point” or “PSAP” means a com- munications facility operated on a 24-hour basis that is assigned the responsibility to receive 9-1-1 calls and, as appropriate, notifies or dispatches public or private safety services or extends, transfers, or relays 9-1-1 calls to an appropriate public or private safety agency.

18.     “Public safety answering point manager” means a person responsible for the daily operation of  a public safety answering point.

19.     “PSAP service area” means the area in which an emer- gency-call-taking service is provided by a PSAP.

20.     “Selective routing” means a process through which a 9-1- 1 call is automatically routed to a predetermined PSAP based on the telephone number of the calling party.

21.     “Service plan” means a written plan which identifies the method of providing and maintaining 9-1-1 Service in a specific geographic area.

22.     “Telephone exchange area” means a specific geographic area designated by the Arizona Corporation Commission to receive service from 1 or more central offices.

23.     “Wireless service” means mobile or cellular telephone service, whether digital or analog.

Historical Note

Adopted effective July 22, 1985 (Supp. 85-4). Amended

effective June 14, 1990 (Supp. 90-2). Amended by final

rulemaking a 6 A.A.R. 1971, effective May 12, 2000

(Supp. 00-2).