Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 209
Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities
←209.240
Section 209.251.1
209.253→
August 28, 2015
Definitions.
209.251. As used in sections 209.251 to 209.259, the following terms
mean:
(1) "Adaptive telecommunications equipment", equipment that
translates, enhances or otherwise transforms the receiving or sending of
telecommunications into a form accessible to individuals with disabilities.
The term adaptive telecommunications equipment includes adaptive telephone
equipment and other types of adaptive devices such as computer input and
output adaptions necessary for telecommunications access;
(2) "Basic telecommunications access line", a telecommunications line
which provides service from the telephone company central office to the
customer's premises which enables the customer to originate and terminate
long distance and local telecommunications;
(3) "Commission", the public service commission;
(4) "Consumer support and outreach", services that include, but are
not limited to, assisting individuals with disabilities or their families
or caregivers in the selection of the most appropriate adaptive
telecommunications equipment to meet their needs, providing basic training
and technical assistance in the installation and use of adaptive
telecommunications equipment, and development and dissemination of
information to increase awareness and use of adaptive telecommunications
equipment;
(5) "Department", the department of elementary and secondary
education;
(6) "Eligible subscriber", any individual who has been certified as
deaf, hearing-impaired, speech-impaired or as having another disability
that causes the inability to use telecommunications equipment and services
by a licensed physician, audiologist, speech pathologist, hearing
instrument specialist or a qualified agency;
(7) "Missouri assistive technology advisory council" or "council",
the body which directs the Missouri assistive technology program pursuant
to sections 161.900 to 161.945;
(8) "Program administrator", the entity or entities designated to
design the statewide telecommunications equipment distribution program,
develop and implement the program policies and procedures, assure delivery
of consumer support and outreach and account for and pay all program
expenses;
(9) "Surcharge", an additional charge which is to be paid by local
exchange telephone company subscribers pursuant to the rate recovery
mechanism established pursuant to sections 209.255, 209.257 and 209.259 in
order to implement the programs described in sections 209.251 to 209.259;
(10) "Telecommunications", the transmission of any form of
information including, but not limited to, voice, graphics, text, dynamic
content, and data structures of all types whether they are in electronic,
visual, auditory, optical or any other form;
(11) "Telecommunications device for the deaf" or "TDD", a
telecommunications device capable of allowing deaf, hearing-impaired or
speech-impaired individuals to transmit messages over basic telephone
access lines by sending and receiving typed messages.
(L. 1990 H.B. 1132 § 1 merged with H.B. 1315 § 1, A.L. 1996 S.B. 525,
A.L. 2000 S.B. 721, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299
Revision)
2001
2000
2001
209.251. As used in sections 209.251 to 209.259, the following terms mean:
(1) "Adaptive telecommunications equipment", equipment that translates,
enhances or otherwise transforms the receiving or sending of
telecommunications into a form accessible to individuals with disabilities.
The term adaptive telecommunications equipment includes adaptive telephone
equipment and other types of adaptive devices such as computer input and
output adaptions necessary for telecommunications access;
(2) "Basic telecommunications access line", a telecommunications line
which provides service from the telephone company central office to the
customer's premises which enables the customer to originate and terminate long
distance and local telecommunications;
(3) "Commission", the public service commission;
(4) "Consumer support and outreach", services that include, but are not
limited to, assisting individuals with disabilities or their families or
caregivers in the selection of the most appropriate adaptive
telecommunications equipment to meet their needs, providing basic training and
technical assistance in the installation and use of adaptive
telecommunications equipment, and development and dissemination of
information to increase awareness and use of adaptive telecommunications
equipment;
(5) "Department", the department of labor and industrial relations;
(6) "Eligible subscriber", any individual who has been certified as
deaf, hearing-impaired, speech-impaired or as having another disability that
causes the inability to use telecommunications equipment and services by a
licensed physician, audiologist, speech pathologist, hearing instrument
specialist or a qualified agency;
(7) "Missouri assistive technology advisory council" or "council", the
body which directs the Missouri assistive technology program pursuant to
sections 191.850 to 191.865;
(8) "Program administrator", the entity or entities designated to design
the statewide telecommunications equipment distribution program, develop and
implement the program policies and procedures, assure delivery of consumer
support and outreach and account for and pay all program expenses;
(9) "Surcharge", an additional charge which is to be paid by local
exchange telephone company subscribers pursuant to the rate recovery
mechanism established pursuant to sections 209.255, 209.257 and 209.259 in
order to implement the programs described in sections 209.251 to 209.259;
(10) "Telecommunications", the transmission of any form of information
including, but not limited to, voice, graphics, text, dynamic content, and
data structures of all types whether they are in electronic, visual, auditory,
optical or any other form;
(11) "Telecommunications device for the deaf" or "TDD", a
telecommunications device capable of allowing deaf, hearing-impaired or
speech-impaired individuals to transmit messages over basic telephone access
lines by sending and receiving typed messages.
2000
209.251. As used in sections 209.251 to 209.259, the following terms
mean:
(1) "Adaptive telecommunications equipment", equipment that translates,
enhances or otherwise transforms the receiving or sending of
telecommunications into a form accessible to individuals with disabilities.
The term adaptive telecommunications equipment includes adaptive telephone
equipment and other types of adaptive devices such as computer input and
output adaptions necessary for telecommunications access;
(2) "Basic telecommunications access line", a telecommunications line
which provides service from the telephone company central office to the
customer's premises which enables the customer to originate and terminate long
distance and local telecommunications;
(3) "Commission", the public service commission;
(4) "Consumer support and outreach", services that include, but are not
limited to, assisting individuals with disabilities or their families or
caregivers in the selection of the most appropriate adaptive
telecommunications equipment to meet their needs, providing basic training and
technical assistance in the installation and use of adaptive
telecommunications equipment, and development and dissemination of information
to increase awareness and use of adaptive telecommunications equipment;
(5) "Department", the department of labor and industrial relations;
(6) "Eligible subscriber", any individual who has been certified as
deaf, hearing-impaired, speech-impaired or as having another disability that
causes the inability to use telecommunications equipment and services by a
licensed physician, audiologist, speech pathologist or a qualified agency;
(7) "Missouri assistive technology advisory council" or "council", the
body which directs the Missouri assistive technology program pursuant to
sections 191.850 to 191.865, RSMo;
(8) "Program administrator", the entity or entities designated to design
the statewide telecommunications equipment distribution program, develop and
implement the program policies and procedures, assure delivery of consumer
support and outreach and account for and pay all program expenses;
(9) "Surcharge", an additional charge which is to be paid by local
exchange telephone company subscribers pursuant to the rate recovery mechanism
established pursuant to sections 209.255, 209.257 and 209.259 in order to
implement the programs described in sections 209.251 to 209.259;
(10) "Telecommunications", the transmission of any form of information
including, but not limited to, voice, graphics, text, dynamic content, and
data structures of all types whether they are in electronic, visual, auditory,
optical or any other form;
(11) "Telecommunications device for the deaf" or "TDD", a
telecommunications device capable of allowing deaf, hearing-impaired or
speech-impaired individuals to transmit messages over basic telephone access
lines by sending and receiving typed messages.
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