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FCC Issues Guidance on the Scope of the TCPA’s “Emergency Purposes” Exception

[03/31/20]

Posted on March 31, 2020 in Health Information Technology

Published by: Hall Render

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) generally prohibits the use of automated text messages or prerecorded calls to a cellular number without the prior consent of the receiving party. The TCPA expressly excepts from the foregoing prohibition any calls or messages sent for “emergency purposes.” See 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(f)(4). In a Declaratory Ruling... READ MORE

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