FCC Sets Comment Dates on Experimental Radio Service NPRM
Comments are due Sept. 30, replies Oct. 15, on a July 8 rulemaking notice seeking comment on changes to FCC Part 5 experimental radio service (ERS) rules. The FCC made some changes to the rules on experimentation involving medical devices…
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in the July order accompanying the NPRM (see 1507080050). The Further NPRM proposed to modify the rules “to permit experimentation for RF-based medical devices, if the device being tested is designed to comply with all applicable service rules in Part 18 (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical Equipment), Part 95 (Personal Radio Services), Subpart H (Wireless Medical Telemetry Service), or Part 95, Subpart I (Medical Device Radiocommunication Service).” A notice in Monday’s Federal Register set the comment dates. The FCC created the experimental license program “to reduce regulatory delay and uncertainty and to promote innovation,” the July order said, saying a license is granted for a five-year term allowing the licensee to “conduct multiple unrelated experiments within a broad range of frequencies.”