A CNGS or aggregator, or its representative, shall not while soliciting by telephone:
(a) Initiate any telephone call to any of the following:
- (1) An emergency telephone line, including any 911 line or any emergency line of a hospital, medical physician or service office, health care facility, poison control center, or fire protection or law enforcement agency;
- (2) The telephone line of any guest room or patient room of a hospital, health care facility, home for the elderly, or similar type of establishment;
- (3) A telephone number assigned to a paging service, specialized mobile radio service, or other radio common carrier service, or any other service for which the called party is charged for the call; or
- (4) A telephone number assigned to a cellular telephone service, unless the call is directly placed to the number and not initiated using an automatic telephone dialing system;
- (b) Use any device to send an unsolicited advertisement to a telephone facsimile machine;
- (c) Use a pre-recorded automated message to send unsolicited advertisements to potential customers;
- (d) Initiate any telephone solicitation to a customer or potential customer before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. eastern time; or
- (e) Initiate any telephone solicitation to a customer or potential customer before 11:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. on Sunday or on any state or federal holiday.
Source. #7811, eff 12-28-02; ss by #9796-A, eff 9-25-10; ss by #12757, eff 6-1-19