Sec. 64.1510  Billing and collection of pay-per-call and similar service 
          charges.

    (a) Any common carrier assigning a telephone number to a provider of 
interstate pay-per-call services and offering billing and collection 
services to such provider shall:
    (1) Ensure that a subscriber is not billed for interstate pay-per-
call services that such carrier knows or reasonably should know were 
provided in violation of the regulations set forth in

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this subpart or prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission pursuant to 
titles II or III of the TDDRA or any other federal law;
    (2) In any billing to telephone subscribers that includes charges 
for any interstate pay-per-call service:
    (i) Include a statement indicating that:
    (A) Such charges are for non-communications services;
    (B) Neither local nor long distances services can be disconnected 
for non-payment although an information provider may employ private 
entities to seek to collect such charges;
    (C) 900 number blocking is available upon request; and
    (D) Access to pay-per-call services may be involuntarily blocked for 
failure to pay legitimate charges;
    (ii) Display any charges for pay-per-call services in a part of the 
bill that is identified as not being related to local and long distance 
telephone charges;
    (iii) Specify, for each pay-per-call charge made, the type of 
service, the amount of the charge, and the date, time, and, for calls 
billed on a time-sensitive basis, the duration of the call; and
    (iv) Identify the local or toll-free number established in 
accordance with Sec. 64.1509(b)(1).
    (b) Any common carrier offering billing and collection services to 
an entity providing interstate information services on a collect basis 
shall, to the extent possible, display the billing information in the 
manner described in paragraphs (a)(2)(i), (A), (B), (D) and (a)(2)(ii) 
of this section.
    (c) If a subscriber elects, pursuant to Sec. 64.1504(c)(1)(vi), to 
pay by means of a phone bill for any information service provided by 
through any 800 telephone number, or other telephone number advertised 
or widely understood to be toll-free, the phone bill shall:
    (1) Include, in prominent type, the following disclaimer: ``Common 
carriers may not disconnect local or long distance telephone service for 
failure to pay disputed charges for information services;'' and
    (2) Clearly list the 800 or other toll-free number dialed.

[ 58 FR 44773 , Aug. 25, 1993, as amended at  59 FR 46771 , Sept. 12, 1994; 
 61 FR 39088 , July 26, 1996]