Wireless earbuds in United States: which rules apply?

3 of the 4 rules we have read in United States apply or may apply to this product: FCC Rules, 47 CFR Part 15 Subpart B - Unintentional Radiators (equipment authorization by Supplier's Declaration of Conformity or certification); FCC Rules, 47 CFR Part 15 Subparts C-F, H - Intentional Radiators (certification by a Telecommunication Certification Body, FCC ID); CPSC General Certificate of Conformity (GCC) for general-use (non-children's) products.

Each rule is matched on the answers below, using the scope the official page states. This page names what we checked and what we have not; it does not say that nothing else applies.

Assumed answers: Battery powered with a Bluetooth radio, touches the skin, not for children. Change them in the checker. Open the checker

Rules that apply, with conditions to check

• FCC Rules, 47 CFR Part 15 Subpart B - Unintentional Radiators (equipment authorization by Supplier's Declaration of Conformity or certification) (FCC compliance statement on label (FCC logo optional for SDoC)): conditions to check: Scope is defined by technical tests: 47 CFR 15.3(k) defines a digital device as one using timing signals above 9,000 pulses per second with digital techniques; 15.103 exempts listed devices (e.g. devices used exclusively in vehicles, in appliances, certain medical devices, and battery-only devices whose highest frequency is below 1.705 MHz); receivers tuning only outside 30-960 MHz are exempt from the technical provisions (15.101(b)). Radio transmitters fall under Subpart C instead. Visitor answers cannot settle these. Depends on the product or standards (see the note)
• FCC Rules, 47 CFR Part 15 Subparts C-F, H - Intentional Radiators (certification by a Telecommunication Certification Body, FCC ID) (FCC ID (plus FCC compliance statement label)): conditions to check: Which Part 15 subpart and technical limits apply depends on frequency band and function. Some low-power cases (carrier current systems, devices under 15.211/15.213/15.221, devices below 490 kHz with emissions 40 dB below 15.209 limits) are SDoC rather than certification (15.201(a)); home-built devices are exempt under 15.23. Licensed radio services (e.g. cell phones) fall under other Parts and are also subject to certification. A receive-only product is generally not an intentional radiator. Third-party testing or certification required
• CPSC General Certificate of Conformity (GCC) for general-use (non-children's) products (General Certificate of Conformity (GCC)): conditions to check: Applies only to products covered by a CPSC rule/ban/standard; products with no applicable CPSC rule need no GCC. Specific standards may differ ('except as otherwise stated in a specific standard'). Children's products use the CPC instead. Self-declaration by the manufacturer

Checked, and not triggered by these answers: CPSC children's product third-party testing and Children's Product Certificate (CPC).

What we have not checked

These rules may apply to your product. We have not read them, so nothing on this page says anything about them.

• FCC rules outside Part 15 (for example for industrial, scientific and medical equipment)
• Product-specific CPSC mandatory standards and bans (for example small parts, magnets, lithium batteries, flammability)
• FDA rules for food-contact articles, cosmetics and medical devices
• Department of Energy efficiency standards and labelling
• State laws (for example California Proposition 65 warnings) and retailer or insurer requirements such as UL listing

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