# COMAR Title 20 — Public Service Commission

## Subtitle 45 — Service Supplied by Telephone Companies

### Chapter 06 — Pay Phone Service

#### Regulation .04 Posting and Informational Requirements.

*COMAR 20.45.06.04*

A. Posting Required. A pay phone service provider shall prominently and conspicuously post on or near each pay phone notification of:

  (1) The proper dialing sequence to complete a call;

  (2) The local coin rate or a procedure to obtain free rate information for an exclusively card-operated or coinless pay phone;

  (3) The name and address of the pay phone service provider and the operator service provider;

  (4) The pay phone service provider's and the operator service provider's toll free number or an equivalent free local or speed-dial number for maintenance and refunds;

  (5) A toll free number for the current long distance carrier;

  (6) A statement that the Commission has authority over the pay phone service provider, the long distance carrier, and the operator service provider;

  (7) The Commission's toll free number; and

  (8) If approved by the Commission under Regulation .03C of this chapter, a statement that incoming calls are blocked.

B. Directory Assistance Charges. A pay phone service provider shall:

  (1) Post a notice or verbally inform a pay phone user of a charge for directory assistance; or

  (2) Post notification of the procedure to obtain free rate information for calls to directory assistance.