477C.2 - DEFINITIONS. - Iowa Statutes

477C.2 DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Board" means the utilities board within the department of commerce created in section 474.1. 2. "Communication impairment" means the inability to use the telephone for communication without a telecommunications device for the deaf. 3. "Council" means the dual party relay council established in section 477C.5. 4. "Dual party relay service" or "relay service" means a communication service which provides communication-impaired persons access to the telephone system functionally equivalent to the access available to persons not communication-impaired. 5. "Telecommunications device for the deaf" means any specialized or supplemental telephone equipment used by communication-impaired persons to provide access to the telephone system.          Section History: Recent Form 91 Acts, ch 194, §2