N.M. Code R. § 17.11.15.14 – Responsibilities of the Payphone Provider

A. The payphone provider shall not contract for intrastate operator services or interexchange services with any company not certificated by the Commission to provide such services. Any payphone provider using payphones with automated technology must itself be certificated by the Commission as an operator services provider before such automated payphones are put into operation.
B. The payphone provider shall be responsible for all public access line charges.
C. The payphone provider shall be responsible for repairing, maintaining and servicing the payphone instrument.
D. All payphones installed in New Mexico shall comply with state and local laws, Commission rules, current National Electrical Code and National Electrical Safety Code requirements, and the generally accepted telecommunications industry technical standards of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
E. The payphone provider shall notify the Commission in writing within thirty (30) days of the following changes:
(1) The location and phone number of any payphones that are newly installed or removed.
(2) Change in name or d/b/a under which the payphone provider is doing business.
(3) Changes in name of the payphone provider or its responsible official.
(4) Changes in mailing address or telephone number of payphone provider.
(5) Acquisition of payphone locations registered to another payphone provider.
F. The payphone provider shall be responsible for paying all required fees to the Commission.
[Recompiled 12/30/01]