---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.47"
title: "47"
number: "80.47"
heading: "Operation during emergency."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.47"
---

# §80.47. Operation during emergency.


A station may be used for emergency communications when normal communication facilities are disrupted. The Commission may order the discontinuance of any such emergency communication service.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609; 3 U.S.T. 3450, 3 U.S.T. 4726, 12 U.S.T. 2377.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.