106 STAT. 4188 PUBLIC LAW 102-556—OCT. 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-call services—

(A) include in each pay-per-call message an introduc-
tory disclosure message thatry-

(i) describes the service being provided;

(ii) specifies clearly and at a reasonably under-
standable 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 trans-
ferred;

(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 serv-
ice 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 imme-
diately upon disconnection by the caller;

(E) disable any bypass mechanism which allows fre-
quent callers to avoid listening to the disclosure message
described in subparagraph (A) after the institution of any
price increase and for a period of time sufficient 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 number adver-
tised or widely understood to be toll free;

(G) be prohibited from billing consumers hi excess of
the amounts described in the introductory 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 provid-
er'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 mini-
mum, 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