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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 45, § 844.2. Identification codes; prohibited acts

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. (1) The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure that any telephone solicitor who contacts any residential or mobile telephone subscriber for the purpose of making a telephone solicitation shall possess an identification code that will appear on a caller identification unit. The identification code will correctly identify the name of the telephone solicitor and a phone number where the solicitor can be reached during normal business hours.

(2)(a) In the event the telephone solicitor originates calls from a private branch exchange (PBX), as defined by the commission, and such PBX does not pass the identifying telephone number to the telecommunications service provider, as defined by the commission, the telecommunications service provider delivering the call will be required to transmit a PBX trunk number which would identify the telephone solicitor. The telecommunications service provider will be exempt from this requirement only in the event such telephone trunk number delivery is not technically feasible via a signaling system seven (SS7), as defined by the commission, or other comparable network capable of transmitting calling party number information.

(b) Any telecommunications service provider that cannot currently deliver calling party number identification must file with the commission upon commission request a detailed explanation of why its network is not capable of providing such information.

B. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure that no telephone solicitor may use any device which blocks a caller identification unit or otherwise conceals or misrepresents the identity of the telephone solicitor or the phone number where the solicitor can be reached during normal business hours.

C. A telephone solicitor who makes telephone calls on behalf of an organization which has nonprofit status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and who makes such calls from a location other than the principal place of business of such organization, shall comply with all the provisions of this Chapter, except that the identification code used by such solicitor need not correctly identify the name of the organization and a phone number where the organization can be reached during normal business hours.

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