07. Deceptive acts and practices prohibited. (a) It is a deceptive telemarketing act or practice for any seller or telephone solicitor to misrepresent any of the following material information: (1) The total purchase cost to the consumer of the goods or services to be received; (2) The true name of the telephone solicitor; or (3) Material aspects of the quality or basic characteristics of the goods or services purchased. (b) It is a deceptive telemarketing act or practice for any seller or telephone solicitor to misrepresent any material fact regarding the goods or services purchased that has a tendency to mislead. (c) No person shall commit a deceptive telemarketing act or practice. (Dec. 1, 1982, D.C. Law 4-164, § 126g; as added June 8, 2001, D.C. Law 13-301, § 102, 47 DCR 7039.) Section References This section is referenced in § 22-3226.11.
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