TITLE 201: OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND BUSINESS REGULATION
CHAPTER 12.00: THE MASSACHUSETTS DO NOT CALL REGISTRY
201 CMR 12.05
12.05: Consumer Registration
with the Massachusetts Do Not Call Registry
(1)
The Office
shall maintain the operation of a do not call registry on which to compile a
list of names and telephone numbers of Massachusetts consumers who elect not
to receive unsolicited telephonic sales calls. Such registry may be operated
by the Office or by any other authorized entity under contract with the Office.
(2)
Massachusetts consumers
may enroll in the registry in a manner prescribed by the Office at no cost to
the enrolling consumer. Enrollment will become effective 60 days after the appearance
of the consumer's listing in the first quarterly registry that is available
after the consumer enrolls.
(3)
A Massachusetts consumer
who enrolls in the registry will remain validly enrolled in the do not call
registry until such time as the enrolled consumer makes a written request for
deletion of the applicable listing on a form as prescribed by the Office.
(4)
If an enrolled consumer's
listed telephone number changes during the period of enrollment, said change
shall operate in the same fashion as a written request for deletion and the
consumer will be deemed disenrolled in the registry for that particular telephone
number.
(5)
Deletions and disenrollments
shall be made within a reasonable time of notice but in no event later than
the publication of first quarterly registry that is available 60 days after
the date of written request for deletion by the enrolled consumer.
(6)
Business telephone
subscribers may not be included in the registry.
(7)
The Office, or its
designated representative, may purge the registry periodically to ensure accuracy.
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