Rhode Island General Laws 5-61-3.6. Hours of operation
(a) No salesperson or telephonic seller shall make or cause to be made any unsolicited telephonic sales calls to any residential, mobile, or telephonic-paging-device telephone number except during hours of operation, as defined in § 5-61-2(2).
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-61-3.6
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Hours of operation: means Monday through Friday, except a state or federal holiday, nine o'clock (9:00 a. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-61-2
- Person: includes an individual, firm, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or any other business entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-61-2
- Salesperson: means any individual employed, appointed, or authorized by a telephonic seller, whether referred to by the telephonic seller as an agent, representative, or independent contractor, who attempts to solicit or solicits a sale on behalf of the telephonic seller. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-61-2
- seller: means a person who, on his or her own behalf or through salespersons or through the use of an automatic-dialing-announcing device, causes a telephone solicitation, or attempted telephone solicitation, to occur that meets the criteria specified as follows:
(i) A telephone solicitation, or attempted telephone solicitation, where the telephonic seller initiates or engages in telephonic contact with a prospective purchaser and represents or implies one or more of the following:
(A) That a prospective purchaser who buys one or more items will also receive additional or other items, whether or not of the same type as purchased, without "further cost. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-61-2
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) per violation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1999, ch. 456, § 2.