Ala. Code § 37-1-52.1
Each telecommunications utility and/or company that provides operator service shall ensure that a caller may access a live operator through a method designed to be easily and clearly understandable and accessible to the caller. A telecommunications utility and/or company shall submit to the Public Service Commission the method by which the utility and/or company shall provide access to a live operator for review, except for a telecommunications utility and/or company that is under the jurisdiction, regulation, and rules of the Alabama Public Service Commission. This section applies regardless of the method by which the telecommunications utility and/or company provides the operator service. The requirements of this section shall not apply to telephones located in prison or jail facilities.
Ala. Code § 37-1-52.1 (1975)