CHAPTER 704 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES GENERALLY

NAC 704.6804147 “Fund Administrator” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Fund Administrator” means the independent administrator selected by the Commission pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 704.040 to administer the fund to maintain the availability of telephone ser…

NAC 704.680415 “Fund to maintain the availability of telephone service” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Fund to maintain the availability of telephone service” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.013. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, ef…

NAC 704.6804153 “High-cost area” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “High-cost area” means an area determined by the Commission for which eligible telecommunications carriers may qualify for a disbursement of money from the fund to maintain the availability of tel…

NAC 704.6804157 “Insular area” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Insular area” means a geographic area that is not within or contiguous to a Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget. (Added to NAC by Pub. Util…

NAC 704.680416 “Lifeline” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Lifeline” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.401. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R143-13, 10-24-2014)

NAC 704.6804166 “National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.400. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R147-17, eff. 8-30-2018)

NAC 704.680417 “Provider of health care” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Provider of health care” means “health care provider” as that term is defined in 47 C.F.R. § 54.600(a). (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R021-14, 10-…

NAC 704.6804175 “Provider of telecommunication services” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873, 710.140) “Provider of telecommunication services” means a provider of telecommunication services that: 1. Has obtained from the Commission a certificate of public convenien…

NAC 704.680418 “Qualifying low-income subscriber” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Qualifying low-income subscriber” means a subscriber of telecommunication service who meets the criteria set forth in NAC 704.680474 or 47 C.F.R. § 54.409. (Added to NAC by Pub. …

NAC 704.680419 “Rural area” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Rural area” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.5. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97)

NAC 704.680421 “Service area” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Service area” means a geographic area established by the Commission pursuant to NAC 704.680463 to determine obligations to provide universal service obligations and eligibility for federal universal…

NAC 704.6804213 “Small-scale provider of last resort” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Small-scale provider of last resort” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.023. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R136-07, eff. 1-30-2008; A by R006-09, 10-27-200…

NAC 704.6804215 “Toll blocking service” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Toll blocking service” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.400(b). (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R051-05, eff. 9-7-2005; A by R143-13, 10-24-2014)

NAC 704.680423 “Toll limitation service” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Toll limitation service” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.400(d). (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R143-13, 10-24-2014)

NAC 704.6804235 “Tribal Link Up” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Tribal Link Up” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 707.460. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R051-05, eff. 9-7-2005; A by R143-13 & R021-14, 10-24-2014)—(Substituted in revision for N…

NAC 704.680424 “Universal service” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Universal service” means the availability of affordable and reliable basic service to as many customers in this State as economically and operationally practicable. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilit…

NAC 704.68043 Purpose of fund. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) The fund to maintain the availability of telephone service is established to: 1. Ensure that the rates charged by a provider of basic service do not adversely affect universal service within all or a portion…

NAC 704.680435 Selection of and contract with Eligibility Administrator and Fund Administrator; termination of Eligibility Administrator. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. The Commission may: (a) Select and contract with an Eligibility Administrator and a Fund Administ…

NAC 704.680439 Duties of Eligibility Administrator. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) Unless the Eligibility Administrator is terminated pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NAC 704.680435, the Eligibility Administrator shall: 1. Maintain the confidentiality of al…

NAC 704.68044 Duties of Fund Administrator. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) The Fund Administrator shall: 1. Conduct periodic audits of contributors to the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service to ensure that the correct payments are being remitted by p…

NAC 704.68046 General eligibility requirements to qualify for disbursement from fund. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873, 710.140) To qualify for a disbursement of money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service: 1. If the disbursement of money is for …

NAC 704.680461 Designation as eligible telecommunications carrier: Requirements; exception; issuance of order by Commission approving or denying application. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873, 710.140) 1. A provider of telecommunication service who seeks designation as an …

NAC 704.6804615 Designation as eligible telecommunications carrier: Provision of Lifeline services to qualifying low-income subscribers. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. A provider of telecommunication service who seeks designation as an eligible telecommunications ca…

NAC 704.680463 Designation as eligible telecommunications carrier: Establishment of service areas. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. The Commission will establish service areas to determine the area for which a provider of telecommunication service that seeks designati…

NAC 704.680464 Designation as eligible telecommunications carrier: Eligibility to receive certain reimbursements. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) A provider of telecommunication service who is designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier is eligible to receive: …

NAC 704.680465 Designation as eligible telecommunications carrier: Affirmation to be filed with annual report. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) A provider of telecommunication service who is designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier shall submit with the annua…

NAC 704.680466 Designation as eligible telecommunications carrier: Application for relinquishment in certain service areas. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. A provider of telecommunication service who is designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier may file wi…

NAC 704.680467 Designation as eligible telecommunications carrier: Revocation. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) The Commission may, upon its own motion or upon receipt of a complaint filed by any person, revoke the designation of a provider of telecommunication service a…

NAC 704.680468 Application from eligible school or library for discounted rates for intrastate telecommunication service. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. An eligible school or library that wishes to receive discounts in the rates for intrastate telecommunication serv…

NAC 704.680469 Conditions for provision of discounted rates for eligible school or library. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) A provider of telecommunication service who provides intrastate telecommunication service to an eligible school or library shall provide such serv…

NAC 704.68047 Application for disbursement from fund to provider of discounted rates for eligible school or library. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. A provider of telecommunication service that provides intrastate telecommunication service to an eligible school or li…

NAC 704.680471 Application from provider of health care for discounted rates or discounted service. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. A provider of health care that wishes to receive: (a) The urban rate for an eligible telecommunications service, as determined pursuant…

NAC 704.680472 Conditions for provision of discounted rates or discounted service for public or private nonprofit provider of health care serving persons in rural area. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. An eligible telecommunications carrier who provides telecommunicat…

NAC 704.680473 Application for disbursement from fund to provider of discounted rates or discounted service for provider of health care. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. A provider of telecommunication service who is designated as an eligible telecommunications carrie…

NAC 704.680474 Criteria for eligibility as qualifying low-income subscriber; documentation of qualification; duties of eligibility responsibility party; determination of eligibility and enrollment of subscriber if National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier is implemented in this Stat…

NAC 704.6804742 Maintenance and provision of lists by Department of Health and Human Services of persons eligible to receive benefits from certain federal programs; exception. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. If the Department of Health and Human Services maintains a …

NAC 704.6804743 Recertification of continued eligibility as qualifying low-income subscriber. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) The eligibility responsibility party shall, in the manner prescribed in 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.410(f) and 54.410(g), recertify that each subscriber of …

NAC 704.6804745 Certification of compliance with procedures for Lifeline and Tribal Link Up programs. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) An officer or other authorized representative of an eligible telecommunications carrier shall certify that the eligible telecommunicatio…

NAC 704.680475 Offering of Lifeline and Tribal Link Up services by eligible telecommunications carrier. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. An eligible telecommunications carrier shall offer to subscribers within its service area the following services: (a) Lifeline; and…

NAC 704.6804755 Offering of toll limitation service by eligible telecommunications carrier. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. An eligible telecommunications carrier is not required to offer toll limitation service if the Lifeline service offered by the eligible telecom…

NAC 704.680476 Termination of Lifeline service; de-enrollment of subscriber; enrollment of eligible subscriber with unpaid toll charges into Lifeline or Tribal Link Up program; waiver of requirements; notice to Eligibility Administrator; effect of inconsistent eligibility determi…

NAC 704.680477 Charging of service deposit for initiation of Lifeline service. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an eligible telecommunications carrier shall not charge a service deposit to initiate service provided pursuan…

NAC 704.680478 Request for disbursement from fund to eligible telecommunications carrier for reimbursement of costs of providing discount in rate for Lifeline service. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873, 707.490) 1. A provider of telecommunication service who is designated …

NAC 704.680479 Information to be filed with administrator of federal universal service support by eligible telecommunications carrier. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) An eligible telecommunications carrier shall file with the person designated by the Federal Communicati…

NAC 704.68048 Small-scale provider of last resort: Qualification for disbursement from fund; request for money from fund; disputes regarding qualification; audit. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. To qualify for money from the fund to maintain the availability of telep…

NAC 704.680481 Small-scale provider of last resort: Determination of qualification for and amount of annual disbursement from fund. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. Upon receiving a request from a small-scale provider of last resort for money from the fund to maintain…

NAC 704.680482 Small-scale provider of last resort: Petition for waiver from requirement to file new request for money from fund after 5 years. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. A small-scale provider of last resort that receives money from the fund to maintain the ava…