Current through November, 2024
Section 6-82-59 - Use limitations(a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this chapter, upon consultation with the affected facility identified in § 6-82-58 and with the facility's consent, a pay telephone service provider may, consistent with the legal rights of inmates and patients, impose such limitations on the use of its institutional pay telephone and on access to pay telephone features and services as necessary to protect and maintain the security, safety, and general welfare of the facility and its staff, visitors, inmates, and patients.(b) Consistent with subsection (a), a provider of institutional pay telephone service may: (1) Limit the use of the pay telephone to outgoing calls, including outgoing collect calls only;(2) Block access to certain outgoing telephone numbers and calls;(3) Block incoming calls;(4) Limit the duration of telephone calls; and(5) Terminate the connection of telephone calls.(c) A provider of institutional pay telephone service shall ensure that the operator service provider providing operator service to the institutional pay telephone adheres to the limitations placed on the institutional pay telephone.[Eff ] (Auth: HRS §§ 269-6, 269-16.9, 269-34) (Imp: HRS §§ 269-16.9, 269-34, 47 U.S.C. §276 )