La. R.S. 45:844.2
§ 844.2 Identification codes; prohibited acts
A.
(1)
The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure that any telephone solicitor who
contacts any residential or mobile telephone subscriber for the purpose of making a telephone solicitation
shall possess an identification code that will appear on a caller identification unit. The identification code
will correctly identify the name of the telephone solicitor and a phone number where the solicitor can be
reached during normal business hours.
(2)
(a)
In the event the telephone solicitor originates calls from a private branch exchange (PBX), as
defined by the commission, and such PBX does not pass the identifying telephone number to the
telecommunications service provider, as defined by the commission, the telecommunications service provider
delivering the call will be required to transmit a PBX trunk number which would identify the telephone
solicitor. The telecommunications service provider will be exempt from this requirement only in the event such
telephone trunk number delivery is not technically feasible via a signaling system seven (SS7), as defined by
the commission, or other comparable network capable of transmitting calling party number information.
(b)
Any telecommunications service provider that cannot currently deliver calling party number
identification must file with the commission upon commission request a detailed explanation of why its network
is not capable of providing such information.
B.
The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure that no telephone solicitor may use any
device which blocks a caller identification unit or otherwise conceals or misrepresents the identity of the
telephone solicitor or the phone number where the solicitor can be reached during normal business hours.
C.
A telephone solicitor who makes telephone calls on behalf of an organization which has nonprofit status
under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and who makes such calls from a location other than the
principal place of business of such organization, shall comply with all the provisions of this Chapter, except
that the identification code used by such solicitor need not correctly identify the name of the organization
and a phone number where the organization can be reached during normal business hours.
