P.R. Laws tit. 10, § 4033

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§ 4033. Abusive or prohibited practices

It shall be considered abusive and prohibited practice in telemarketing when any salesperson or telephone solicitor incurs in the following behaviors:

(1) Threatens or intimidates the consumer, as well as the using [of] obscene and profane language.

(2) Solicits any type of incentive for removing negative information from the credit history of a specific person.

(3) Causes the telephone to ring more than five times on a call whose intention is telephone solicitation.

(4) Initiates a telephone solicitation with a person when it has been reiterated previously that telephone solicitation calls from that specific salesperson are not wanted.

(5) Makes a telephone solicitation call to a residence at any time that is not within 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., local time of the location of the person being called.

History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 210, § 5.