# Wireless Medical Telemetry Service
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2000-07-17 · 65 FR 43995
## Document
- **Document number:** 00-17970
- **Category:** spectrum-allocation
- **Federal Register citation:** 65 FR 43995
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2000-07-17
- **FCC docket:** ET Docket No. 99-255
## Abstract

This document allocates new spectrum and establishes rules for a Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS) that allows potentially life-critical equipment to operate on an interference-protected basis. Medical telemetry equipment is used in hospitals and health care facilities to transmit patient measurement data, such as pulse and respiration rates to a nearby receiver, permitting greater patient mobility and increased comfort. This action will increase the reliability of medical telemetry equipment.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/07/17/00-17970/wireless-medical-telemetry-service)
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