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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="1-304.3" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, in the event of a 9–1–1–accessible service outage lasting more than 30 minutes and affecting more than 600,000 user minutes, a provider of a 9–1–1–accessible service, other than a reseller, shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>as soon as practicable, notify any affected public safety answering point and the Maryland Joint Operations Center of the 9–1–1–accessible service outage occurring on the provider’s network;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in advance of the next scheduled meeting of the Board, notify the Board of any 9–1–1–accessible service outage occurring on the provider’s network; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>at the next scheduled meeting of the Board, submit to the Board a report detailing the 9–1–1–accessible service outage occurring on the provider’s network.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A provider of a 9–1–1–accessible service shall calculate user minutes under this section in accordance with the applicable regulations of the Federal Communications Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board and the Maryland Joint Operations Center shall adopt procedures and implement safeguards to ensure that sensitive information submitted by a provider of a 9–1–1–accessible service under this section is maintained confidentially.</text>
  </level>
</section>
