Another supplier told me that their equipment had been certified under FCC Part 15 and this took care of my licensing requirement. True or False?
FALSE! Part 15 is the FCC certification standard whereby the manufacturer Is required to demonstrate that the equipment does not radiate signal emissions that could be harmful to other electronic equipment. Actually, each manufacturer must comply with OSHA standards for safe RF emission levels in accord with SAR (Safe Absorption Rate) standards developed jointly by the FCC and the Food & Drug Administration. Optionally, each manufacturer is encouraged to comply with UL (Underwriters Laboratories) safety standards in the USA and CSA (Canadian Standards Association) in Canada. As impressive as it may sound when a manufacturer or supplier claims compliance with all these standards, the fact is that it has absolutely nothing to do with your legal responsibility to comply with FCC Part 90 – the Rule section that deals with YOUR responsibility. We can only surmise that any potential supplier that told you that FCC Part 15 compliance negated the requirement for user licensed operation was eit
