Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 53 - 911 Emergency Communication Services
Section 5311.16 - Business MLTS


(a) General rule.--For an MLTS serving business locations at least six months after the effective date of this section, the MLTS operator shall deliver the 911 call with an ELIN which shall result in one of the following:
(1) An ERL which provides, at a minimum, the building and floor location of a caller.
(2) An ability to direct response through an alternative and adequate means of signaling by the establishment of a private 911 emergency answering point.
(b) Reasonable effort.--The MLTS manager must make a reasonable effort to ensure that 911 callers are aware of the proper procedures for calling for emergency assistance.
(c) Exceptions.--Workspaces with less than 7,000 square feet on a single level, and located on a single contiguous property, are not required to provide more than one ERL, and key telephone systems are not required to provide more than one ERL.
(June 29, 2015, P.L.36, No.12, eff. Aug. 1, 2015)

2015 Amendment. Act 12 added section 5311.16.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 35 - HEALTH AND SAFETY

Chapter 53 - 911 Emergency Communication Services

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 5301 - Scope of chapter

Section 5302 - Definitions

Section 5303 - Telecommunications management

Section 5304 - Counties

Section 5304.1 - Pennsylvania State Police

Section 5305 - 911 system plan

Section 5306 - Special public meeting (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5306.1 - Fund

Section 5306.2 - Uniform 911 surcharge

Section 5307 - Payment, collection and remittance of surcharge by providers of 911 communications services

Section 5307.1 - Payment, collection and remittance of surcharge by sellers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service

Section 5308 - Expenditures for nonrecurring costs, training, mobile communications equipment, maintenance and operation of 911 systems (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5309 - Telephone records

Section 5310 - Penalty

Section 5311.1 - Immunity

Section 5311.2 - Powers and duties of agency (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.3 - Advisory committee (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.4 - Wireless E-911 Emergency Services Fund (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.5 - Disbursement of fund amounts by agency (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.6 - Reporting (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.7 - Prohibition against release of information

Section 5311.8 - Wireless provider and VoIP provider records (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.9 - Immunity (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.10 - Agency funding for wireless E-911 support (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.11 - Rate regulation

Section 5311.12 - Regulations (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.13 - Enforcement (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.14 - Collection and disbursement of VoIP 911 fee (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.15 - Shared residential MLTS service

Section 5311.16 - Business MLTS

Section 5311.17 - Shared communications services

Section 5311.18 - Temporary residence

Section 5311.19 - Local notification

Section 5311.20 - ALI database maintenance

Section 5311.21 - Industry standards

Section 5311.22 - Dialing instructions

Section 5311.23 - MLTS signaling

Section 5311.24 - MLTS operator education

Section 5311.25 - Limitation of liability

Section 5312.1 - Legislative study (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5313 - Legislative report

Section 5314 - Inventory

Section 5398 - Termination

Section 5399 - Prohibited release of information