As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. 1. “Commission” means the commission on deaf services created in section 216A.113.
2. 2. “Communication disorder” means the inability to use the telephone for communication without a telecommunications device for the deaf and hard of hearing.
3. 3. “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.
4. 4. “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.
5. 5. “Utilities commission” means the Iowa utilities commission created in section 474.1.

Code editor directive applied Section amended and editorially internally renumbered

91 Acts, ch 194, §2; 2020 Acts, ch 1102, §29; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2687; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369, 455