477C.2 Definitions.
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Communication disorder” means the inability to use the telephone for communication without a telecommunications device for the deaf and hard of hearing.
2. “Dual party relay service” or “relay service” means a communication service which provides persons with communication disorders access to the telephone system functionally equivalent to the access available to persons without communication disorders.
3. “Telecommunications device for the deaf and hard of hearing” means any specialized or supplemental telephone equipment used by persons with communication disorders to provide access to the telephone system.
4. “Utilities commission” means the Iowa utilities commission created in section 474.1.
91 Acts, ch 194, §2; 2020 Acts, ch 1102, §29; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2687; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369, 455; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §75
Subsection 1 stricken and former subsections 2 – 5 renumbered as 1 – 4