SECTIONS 22760 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 22760

22760. (a) It is unlawful to sell within this state any cordless
telephone manufactured after January 1, 1992, that does not provide
increased protection from unintentional line seizure and dialing, and
protection from unintentional ringing.
(b) For the purposes of this section, a cordless telephone is a
two-way low power communication system consisting of the following
two parts connected by a radio link:
(1) A "base" unit connected to the public switched telephone
network.
(2) A "handset" or "remote" unit.
(c) For the purposes of this section, a cordless telephone has
increased protection from unintentional line seizure and dialing, and
protection from unintentional ringing, if it does either of the
following:
(1) Provides a randomly selected preset digital security code from
among at least 256 possible codes and a means for the user to
manually enter a new security code in the event of interference.
(2) Provides a means for automatically selecting a different code
from among at least 256 possible discrete codes.
(d) This section does not apply to any cordless telephone
manufactured prior to January 1, 1992, whether, after the operative
date of this section, it is inspected, repaired, or refurbished and
returned to the original user, provided to another user in exchange
for a unit needing repair, or resold.