Section 31-1606. PROHIBITIONS

 

1606.1No person shall violate an applicable provision of this chapter.

 

1606.2No dispatch service shall provide dispatch for a person subject to regulation under this title which the dispatch service knows or has been informed by the Office is not in compliance with this title and other applicable laws.

 

1606.3No dispatch service shall attempt through any means to contradict or evade the requirements of this title or other applicable laws.

 

1606.4No dispatch service shall impose additional or special charges for an individual with a disability for providing services to accommodate the individual or require the individual to be accompanied by an attendant.

 

1606.5No fee charged by a dispatch service in addition to a taximeter fare shall be processed by a payment service provider (PSP), or displayed on or paid using any component of an MTS unit, except for a telephone dispatch fee under § 801, or where a digital dispatch service and the PSP have integrated pursuant to Chapter 4.

 

1606.6Each digital dispatch service shall ensure that a private sedan operator cannot log in to the digital dispatch service’s app while the operator is suspended or after the operator has been terminated by the private sedan business.

 

 

authority

Sections 8(c) (1), (2), (3), (4), (7), (10), (11), (14), (16), (18), (19) and (20), 14, 15, and 20j of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission Establishment Act of 1985 (“Establishment Act”), effective March 25, 1986, as amended by the Vehicle for Hire Innovation Amendment Act of 2015 (“Vehicle-for-Hire Act”), effective March 10, 2015 (D.C. Law 6-97; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-307(c)(1),(2),(3), (4) (7), (10), (11), (14), (16), (18), (19) and (20), 50-313, 50-314, and 50-329 (2012 Repl. & 2015 Supp.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 4430 (May 2, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 338 (January 8, 2016).