Section 6-79-13 - Certification of operator service providers(a) A telecommunications carrier granted a CPCN, COA, or COR before the effective date of this chapter authorizing the provision of telecommunications service in the State need not apply for an additional COA or COR in order to provide operator service in the State. Any such telecommunications carrier, however, before adding or expanding the nature or scope of its telecommunications services beyond that authorized in its existing CPCN, COA, or COR, to include the provision of operator service, shall file a separate tariff for its new service, unless ordered otherwise by the commission.(b) Any person, other than the incumbent telecommunications carrier, seeking to offer, initiate, or provide operator service shall apply in writing to the commission for a certificate of authority. The application shall comply with the applicable provisions of chapter 6-80, subchapter 2.(c) Where exempted by federal law from entry regulation by the State, a telecommunications carrier seeking to offer, initiate, or provide operator service shall apply for a certificate of registration with the commission by complying with the applicable provisions of chapter 6-80, subchapter 2.(d) The provisions of chapter 6-80, subchapter 2, govern the issuance or denial of any certificate authorizing operator service.[Eff ] (Auth: HRS §§ 269-6, 269-16.8) (Imp: HRS §§ 269-6, 269-16.8, 269-16.9)