                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUIRED DISCLOSURES (§ 59.1-430)

A. Every pay-per-call service advertisement or solicitation shall disclose (i)
that a fee in excess of applicable telephone company or long distance carrier
charges, if any, is charged for calls to the telephone number provided; (ii) the
per-minute or flat-rate charges for the calls; (iii) the average length of call,
measured in minutes, required to receive the service; (iv) whether additional
calls to other pay-per-call services are required to obtain the full benefit of
the service; and (v) the information provider&#8217;s name, business address,
and business telephone number.
			In television advertisements, the price disclosure shall be preceded by a
dollar sign, stated in arabic numerals, positioned in the lower portion of the
television screen in letters large enough to be easily read by viewers and
displayed during the entire time the telephone number is displayed. In written
materials, the cost of the call shall be printed in ten-point bold-faced type
immediately adjacent to the pay-per-call service telephone number.

B. The disclosures required by subsection A of this section shall be
conspicuously displayed in a manner reasonably intended to furnish advance
notice of the pay-per-call service&#8217;s total cost.

C. Every information provider shall disclose to the customer at the beginning of
each call for which pay-per-call charges are incurred the per-minute or
flat-rate charges for the pay-per-call service if (i) the per-minute rate
charged is two dollars or more; (ii) the flat-rate charge is five dollars or
more; or (iii) the pay-per-call service is intended for children under the age
of twelve, regardless of the amount charged. In addition, pay-per-call services
intended for children under the age of twelve shall also include an introductory
statement that children should obtain prior parental approval before calling the
service. The information provider shall also provide a delayed timing of
information charges.

D. Every information provider shall provide a period of a minimum of twelve
seconds for a delayed timing of information charges and price disclosure
message. If the delayed timing period is exceeded, a consumer shall be billed
from the time of the initial connection, and transport charges shall be billed
to the information provider from the time of the initial connection. If the
consumer disconnects the call within the delayed timing period, no information
charge shall be billed to the caller.
			During the delayed timing period, the information provider shall inform the
consumer of any information required by subsection C of this section and of all
of the following: (i) the name of the programs; (ii) the date the information
was recorded, if the information is a recorded message; and (iii) that if the
caller disconnects the call within the delayed timing period, the consumer will
not be charged for the call.

HISTORY: 1991, cc. 608, 630; 1992, c. 284.