Commencing July 1, 2009, the MLTS provider of any multiline telephone system shall maintain and operate the MLTS in such manner that a telephone call made by dialing the digits “9-1-1” and, if applicable, any additional digit or digits that must be dialed in order to permit the user to access the public switched telephone network, from any telephone on the MLTS is routed to a PSAP.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 56-484.22

  • MLTS: means a telephone system, including network-based or premises-based systems, whether owned or leased by a public or private entity, operated in the Commonwealth, that serves a facility, has more than one telephone station, and is comprised of common control units, telephones, and control hardware and software that share a common interface to the public switched telephone network, whether by a private branch exchange or central office system, without regard to whether the system utilizes VoIP technology. See Virginia Code 56-484.19
  • MLTS provider: means a person who operates a facility at which telephone service is provided, with or without compensation, through a multiline telephone system. See Virginia Code 56-484.19
  • PSAP: means a communications operation operated by or on behalf of a governmental entity that is equipped and staffed on a 24-hour basis to receive and process telephone calls for emergency assistance from an individual by dialing, in addition to any digits required to obtain an outside line, the digits "9-1-1. See Virginia Code 56-484.19
  • Public switched telephone network: means the worldwide, interconnected networks of equipment, lines, and controls assembled to establish circuit-switched voice communication paths between calling and called parties. See Virginia Code 56-484.19
  • Telephone call: means the use of a telephone to initiate an ordinary voice transmission placed through the public switched telephone network. See Virginia Code 56-484.19

2007, c. 427.

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