618 SUSPENSION FOR VIOLATION

618.1 If a PSP fails to adhere to the provisions of this Chapter, the Commission may suspend service to that instrument and may order the termination of service to the PSP's other pay telephones until such time as the pay telephone(s) is brought into compliance.618.2 For violation of both §§ 601.1 and 604.1 (an unregistered pay telephone by a non certified owner), the Commission will terminate service to the pay telephone immediately without prior notice to the owner.618.3 For violation of § 604.1, the Commission will give the PSP thirty (30) days' notice to correct the problem before taking action to suspend service to the pay telephone.618.4 For violation(s) of § 606.1, the Commission will give the PSP thirty (30) days' notice to correct the problem before taking action to suspend service to the pay telephone.618.5 For violations(s) of two (2) or more operational infractions in § 609.1 or five (5) or more signage infractions in § 609.2, the Commission will give the PSP thirty (30) days' notice to correct the problem before taking action to suspend service to the pay telephone.618.6 The Commission will take action to suspend service immediately unless the PSP notifies the Commission in writing that it has cured the violations before the expiration of the thirty (30) day notice period.618.7 Notwithstanding § 618.5, all infractions listed in § 609.1 and § 609.2 must be cured by the pay telephone provider after receiving notice from the Commission of the violations. Failure to correct violations after the sixty (60) days' notice letter may result in suspension of dial tone to the pay telephone unless the PSP notifies the Commission in writing that the violations have been cured before the expiration of the sixty (60) day notice period.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 1316 (February 8, 2008).