1997 Minnesota Statutes

     403.07 Standards established; data privacy. 

    Subdivision 1.    Rules.  The department of 
 administration shall establish and adopt in accordance with 
 chapter 14, rules for the administration of this chapter and for 
 the development of 911 systems in the state including: 

    (a) design standards for 911 systems incorporating the 
 standards adopted pursuant to subdivision 2 for the seven-county 
 metropolitan area; and 

    (b) a procedure for determining and evaluating requests for 
 variations from the established design standards. 

    Subd. 2.    Design standards.  The metropolitan council 
 shall establish and adopt design standards for the metropolitan 
 area 911 system and transmit them to the department of 
 administration for incorporation into the rules adopted pursuant 
 to this section. 

    Subd. 3.    Database.  In 911 systems that have been 
 approved by the department of administration for a local 
 location identification base, each public utility providing 
 telephone service shall provide current customer names, service 
 addresses, and telephone numbers to each public safety answering 
 point within the 911 system and shall update the information 
 according to a schedule prescribed by the county 911 plan. 
 Information provided under this subdivision must be provided in 
 accordance with the transactional record disclosure requirements 
 of the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, 
 United States Code, title 18, section 2703, subsection (c), 
 paragraph (1), clause (B)(iv).  

    Subd. 4.    Use of furnished information.  Names, 
 addresses, and telephone numbers provided to a 911 system under 
 subdivision 3 are private data and may be used only for 
 identifying the location or identity, or both, of a person 
 calling a 911 public safety answering point.  The information 
 furnished under subdivision 3 may not be used or disclosed by 
 911 system agencies, their agents, or their employees for any 
 other purpose except under a court order.  A telephone company 
 or telecommunications provider is not liable to any person for 
 the good faith release to emergency communications personnel of 
 information not in the public record, including, but not limited 
 to, nonpublished or nonlisted telephone numbers. 

    HIST: 1977 c 311 s 7; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1990 c 543 s 2,3; 1991 
 c 319 s 21; 1994 c 618 art 1 s 38; 1995 c 149 s 2