Arizona Administrative Code › Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 1 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Article 4 - EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES REVOLVING FUND › Section R2-1-401 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
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 telephone 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 identified 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 number 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 handling 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 telephone number, name, and
				  address to the PSAP.
11. "Fund" means the emergency telecommunication services
				  revolving fund established in A.R.S. §
									41-704(B).
12. "Network access mileage computations" means a computation
				  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
				  telephone 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 firefighting, law enforcement, ambulance, or other
				  emergency or medical services.
17. "Public safety answering point" or "PSAP" means a
				  communications 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
				  emergency-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.