§ 15.37   Transition provisions for compliance with the rules.

   (a) The manufacture or importation of scanning receivers, and frequency
   converters designed or marketed for use with scanning receivers, that do not
   comply with the provisions of § 15.121 shall cease on or before October 25,
   1999. Effective July 26, 1999, the Commission will not grant equipment
   authorization  for receivers that do not comply with the provisions of
   § 15.121. This paragraph does not prohibit the sale or use of authorized
   receivers manufactured in the United States, or imported into the United
   States, prior to October 25, 1999.

   (b) Effective October 16, 2002, an equipment approval may no longer be
   obtained for medical telemetry equipment operating under the provisions of
   § 15.241 or § 15.242. The requirements for obtaining an approval for medical
   telemetry equipment after this date are found in subpart H of part 95 of
   this chapter.

   (c) All radio frequency devices that are authorized under the certification,
   verification or declaration of conformity procedures on or after July 12,
   2004 shall comply with the conducted limits specified in § 15.107 or § 15.207
   as  appropriate.  All radio frequency devices that are manufactured or
   imported on or after July 11, 2005 shall comply with the conducted limits
   specified in § 15.107 or § 15.207, as appropriate. Equipment authorized,
   imported  or  manufactured  prior to these dates shall comply with the
   conducted limits specified in § 15.107 or § 15.207, as appropriate, or with
   the conducted limits that were in effect immediately prior to September 9,
   2002.

   (d) Radar detectors manufactured or imported after August 28, 2002 and
   marketed  after  September  27, 2002 shall comply with the regulations
   specified in this part. Radar detectors manufactured or imported prior to
   January 27, 2003 may be labeled with the information required by § 2.925 of
   this chapter and § 15.19(a) on the individual equipment carton rather than on
   the device, and are exempt from complying with the requirements of § 15.21.

   (e)  U-NII  equipment  operating  in  the 5.25-5.35 GHz band for which
   applications for certification are filed on or after July 20, 2006 shall
   comply  with  the DFS and TPC requirements specified in § 15.407. U-NII
   equipment operating in the 5.25-5.35 GHz band that are imported or marketed
   on or after July 20, 2007 shall comply with the DFS and TPC requirements in
   § 15.407.

   (f) All Access BPL devices that are manufactured, imported, marketed or
   installed on or after July 7, 2006, shall comply with the requirements
   specified  in  subpart  G of this part, including certification of the
   equipment.

   (g) The manufacture or importation of auditory assistance devices that
   operate in the 72.0-73.0 MHz, 74.6-74.8 MHz, and 75.2-76.0 MHz bands that do
   not comply with the requirements of § 15.237(c) shall cease on or before July
   11, 2016. Effective January 12, 2015, equipment approval will not be granted
   for auditory assistance devices that operate in the 72.0-73.0 MHz, 74.6-74.8
   MHz, and 75.2-76.0 MHz bands that do not comply with the requirements of
   § 15.237(c).  These rules do not prohibit the sale or use of authorized
   auditory assistance devices that operate in the 72.0-73.0 MHz, 74.6-74.8
   MHz, and 75.2-76.0 MHz bands manufactured in the United States, or imported
   into the United States, prior to July 11, 2016.

   (h) Effective June 2, 2015 devices using digital modulation techniques in
   the 5725-5850 MHz bands will no longer be certified under the provisions of
   § 15.247. The technical requirements for obtaining certification after this
   date for digitally modulated devices and the digitally modulated portion of
   hybrid devices are found in subpart E of this part. The provisions for the
   frequency hopping spread spectrum portion of hybrid devices will remain in
   § 15.247. Effective June 2, 2016 systems using digital modulation techniques
   in the 5725-5850 MHz band certified under the provisions of § 15.247 may no
   longer be imported or marketed within the United States.

   [ 77 FR 4913 , Feb. 1, 2012, as amended at  78 FR 34927 , June 11, 2013;  79 FR 24578 , May 1, 2014]

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