Each local exchange company shall, immediately upon discovery of an unplanned outage on a facility that is owned, operated, leased, or utilized by the local exchange company, report to each 911 public safety answering point serving the affected local service area, to the local area broadcast media serving the affected local service area, and to the commission. The report shall contain pertinent information concerning any occurrence or development that disrupts or impairs the local service area's access to the 911 service within a given 911 system. In addition, each local exchange company shall provide the public safety answering point, the local area news media, and the commission with a time estimation on when the repair to the 911 system is to be completed and the 911 service restored.

Source: 25 SDR 89, effective December 27, 1998 ; 52 SDR 32, effective September 29, 2025 .

General Authority: SDCL 49-31-3 , 49-31-77 , 49-31-85 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 49-31-3 , 49-31-77 , 49-31-85 .

Prior versions effective: 1998-12-27.