Section 19-1201. GENERAL LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS

 

1201.1No person shall offer to act as a sightseeing tour guide on the roads, sidewalks, public spaces, or waterways of the District of Columbia unless the person holds a valid sightseeing tour guide license issued by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (Department).

 

1201.2No sightseeing tour guide shall engage in business or do business with a company or individual not properly licensed by the Department as a sightseeing tour company, if required by District law.

 

1201.3No business or entity shall offer, for a fee, to conduct walking tours or tours where customers operate self-balancing personal transport vehicles, mopeds, or bicycles unless the business or entity is licensed by the Department as a sightseeing tour company.

1201.4 No person other than a licensed sightseeing tour guide shall, by the use of a uniform or part of a uniform, or by the use of insignia, device, word or words, or sign, indicate that he or she is engaged in the business of furnishing a sightseeing tour guide service, either on his or her own behalf or on behalf of another.

 

1201.5 No person, other than a licensed sightseeing tour company or sightseeing tour guide may use the words “sightseeing,” “tours,” “guide,” or any combination of these words, to advertise the availability of sightseeing tour services. This prohibition shall not apply to the use of these words as part of the identifying lettering on vehicles coming into the District or to a tour that is not conducted for profit or compensation.

 

authority

Sections 2 and 3 of the Streamlining Regulation Act of 2003, effective October 28, 2003 (D.C. Law 15-38; D.C. Official Code §§ 47-2851.20 and 47-2836(b) (2005 Repl.)).

source

Article 2, § 4 of the Police Regulations of the District of Columbia (1958), Commissioners’ Order 58-433 (March 25, 1958) published at 4 DCR 252 (April 7, 1958); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 6116 (July 16, 2010).