§481P-4 - Recordkeeping.
[§481P-4] Recordkeeping. Every
telephone solicitor shall keep true and accurate records of all telemarketing
activities initiated in this State or directed to consumers located in this
State. Upon demand, the records shall be made available to the department of
commerce and consumer affairs, the attorney general, and any other governmental
entity with authority to enforce this chapter. These records shall be retained
for a period of two years after the date of any outbound telephone call
initiated from, directed into, or within this State. The records shall include
but are not limited to the following information:
(1) The location of the telephone solicitor and
seller and the street addresses of any locations from which the outbound
telephone calls originated;
(2) Copies of any injunction, temporary restraining
order, judgment, consent judgment, or assurance of voluntary compliance in any
civil or administrative action, including any pending action, involving a
violation or alleged violation by [the] telephone solicitor or the seller of
any state or federal telemarketing law;
(3) The name, any fictitious name used, last known
home address, telephone number, and job title of all telephone solicitors, who
place or placed calls on behalf of a seller or who participate in or are
responsible for the management of the business of the telephone solicitor;
however, if the seller or telephone solicitor permits fictitious names to be
used by employees or agents, each fictitious name shall be traceable to only one
specific telephone solicitor, employee or agent. Where one or more telephone
solicitors is employed by or otherwise acting on behalf of a seller, the
reporting requirements of this chapter may be met by the seller on behalf of
itself and its telephone solicitors, but only to the extent the records comply
with the requirements of this chapter;
(4) Copies of all substantially different scripts,
outlines, or presentation materials the seller requires a telephone solicitor
to use when soliciting, as well as of all information to be provided by a
telephone solicitor to a consumer in connection with any telemarketing;
(5) All written consents to utilize a name or names
of any person, as defined in section 1-19, in any endorsement;
(6) Materials that substantiate any claims about the
performance, efficacy, nature, or characteristics of health, nutrition, or diet
related goods or services that are the subject of telemarketing;
(7) A copy of the refund, cancellation, exchange, or
repurchase policies for any goods or services offered by a seller or telephone
solicitor, unless the seller or telephone solicitor offers and provides an
unconditional satisfaction guaranteed policy and provides a full refund for
returned goods or cancelled services;
(8) Copies of all written confirmations of
telemarketing transactions;
(9) Copies of all express verifiable authorizations
and signed order confirmations;
(10) Copies of any training instructions, handbooks,
or other guidelines distributed by telephone solicitors to their staff or by
sellers to their telephone solicitors, employees, or agents;
(11) Procedures for maintaining a list of persons who
do not wish to receive outbound telephone calls made by or on behalf of the
seller or telephone solicitor, which procedures shall meet the minimum
standards set forth in 47 C.F.R. section 64.1200(e)(2), as well as the do not
call lists maintained pursuant to those procedures; and
(12) Copies of written contracts and agreements
between the telephone solicitor and the seller. [L 1999, c 170, pt of §1]