49-21-01.6. Call identification services - Charges prohibited - Notice - Exceptions

49-21-01.6. Call identification services - Charges prohibited - Notice - Exceptions

1. Any telephone call identification service offered in this state by a telecommunications

company must allow a caller on a per-call and a per-line basis to withhold display of a

caller's telephone number from the telephone instrument of the individual receiving the

telephone call placed by the caller.

2. A telecommunications company offering call identification services may not charge any

person who requests that the call identification services be blocked on a per-call basis.

Per-line blocking must be provided without charge for residential customers and

business customers with special needs, such as law enforcement and domestic

violence agencies.

3. A telecommunications company offering a call identification service shall notify its

subscribers that their calls may be identified to a called party at least thirty days before

the service is offered.

4. This section does not apply to:

a. An identification service that is used within the same limited system, including a

Centrex, Centron, or private branch exchange (PBX) system, as the recipient

telephone.

b. An identification service that is used on a public agency's emergency telephone

line or on a line that receives the primary emergency telephone number (911).

c. An identification service provided in connection with legally sanctioned call tracing

or tapping procedures.

d. An identification service provided in connection with any "700", "800", or "900"

access code telecommunications service, or any voice or data store and forward

service.

e. Any other service that, after investigation by the commission, the commission

finds that a nondisclosure or similar agreement will protect the privacy interests of

a calling party.