As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
- 1. “Communication disorder” means the inability to use the telephone for communication without a telecommunications device for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- 2. “Dual party relay service” or “relay service” means a communication service which provides persons with communication disorders access to the telephone system functionally equivalent to the access available to persons without communication disorders.
- 3. “Telecommunications device for the deaf and hard of hearing” means any specialized or supplemental telephone equipment used by persons with communication disorders to provide access to the telephone system.
- 4. “Utilities commission” means the Iowa utilities commission created in section 474.1.
Subsection 1 stricken and former subsections 2 – 5 renumbered as 1 – 4
91 Acts, ch 194, §2; 2020 Acts, ch 1102, §29; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2687; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369, 455; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §75