NAC704.680472. Conditions for provision of discounted rates or discounted service for public or private nonprofit provider of health care serving persons in rural area.

     1. An eligible telecommunications carrier who provides telecommunication service to a public or private nonprofit provider of health care that serves persons in a rural area shall, to the extent that federal universal service support or money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service is available, charge that provider of health care rates for available intrastate eligible telecommunications services that are no higher than the urban rates for such services, as determined pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.605.

     2. A provider of telecommunication service who provides access to an Internet service provider to a public or private nonprofit provider of health care that serves persons in a rural area, shall provide credits for toll charges associated with such access pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.621(a).

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R009-98, 4-17-98; R006-09, 10-27-2009)