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 106 STAT. 4188 PUBLIC LAW 102-556—CKIT. 28, 1992 to be toll free, from which callers are connected to an access number for a pay-per-call service. (2) PAY-PER-CALL SERVICE STANDARDS. —The Commission shall prescribe rules to require that each provider of pay- per-caU services— (A) include in each pay-per-call message an introductory disclosure message tnat— (i) describes the service being provided; (ii) specifies clearly and at a reasonably understandable volume the total cost or the cost per minute and any other fees for that service and for any other pay-per-call service to which the caller may be transferred; (iii) informs the caller that charges for the call begin at the end of the introductory message; (iv) informs the caller that parental consent is required for calls made by children; and (v) in the case of a pay-per-call service that is not operated or expressly authorized by a Federal agency but that provides information on any Federal program, a statement that clearly states that the service is not authorized, endorsed, or approved by any Federal agency; (B) enable the caller to hang up at or before the end of the introductory message without incurring any charge whatsoever; (C) not direct such services at children under the age of 12, unless such service is a bona fide educational service; (D) stop the assessment of time-based charges immediately upon disconnection by the caller; (E) disable any bypass mechanism which allows freauent callers to avoid listening to the disclosure message escribed in subparagraph (A) after the institution of any price increase and for a period of time sufiElcient to give such frequent callers adequate and sufficient notice of the price change; (F) be prohibited from providing pay-per-call services through an 800 number or other telephone niunber advertised or widely understood to be toll free; (G) be prohibited from billing consumers in excess of the amounts described in the introductoi^ message and from billing for services provided in violation of the rules prescribed by the Commission pursuant to this section; (H) ensure that any billing statement for such provider's charges shall— (i) display any charges for pay-per-call services in a part of the consumer's bill that is identified as not being related to local and long distance telephone charges; and (ii) for each charge so displayed, specify, at a minimum, the type of service, the amount of the charge, and the date, time, and duration of the call; (I) be liable for refunds to consumers who have been billed for pay-per-call services pursuant to programs that have been found to have violated the regulations prescribed pursuant to this section or title III of this Act or any other Federal law; and

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