1000.1 No person shall drive a public vehicle for hire in the District unless he or she has a valid operator identification license (Face Card) issued under the provisions of this chapter. A public vehicle for hire is any passenger vehicle for hire licensed in the District of Columbia including, but not limited to taxicabs and limousines.1000.2 No owner of a public vehicle for hire shall operate or permit the vehicle to be operated in the District unless a license has been issued for that vehicle under the provisions of this chapter.1000.3 No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vehicle used for sightseeing purposes unless a certificate permitting that use is issued by the Chairperson of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission.1000.4 For the purposes of this chapter, the term 'Chairperson' shall mean the Chairperson of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission or his or her duly authorized agent, representative, or designee.1000.5 The Chairperson shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and shall promulgate rules necessary for its administration, and shall prescribe and shall provide suitable forms required by or considered necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.1000.6 The Chairperson shall maintain records which he or she may consider suitable or required to carry out the purposes of this chapter.1000.7 No person shall file or otherwise make any false statements to the Chairperson pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.1000.8 Any person who violates a provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to the fine or penalty as provided in section 1017.1000.9 Any order or act of the Chairperson shall, under the provisions of this chapter, be subject to review by the District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings. Application for review of any order or act shall be made in accordance with the rules prescribed by the District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings.

SOURCE: Regulation No. 72-13, approved June 30, 1972, 19 DCR 61 (July 24, 1972), 32 DCRR §§ 10.103, 10.104, 10.706, 10.707, and 10.708, Special Edition; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 34 DCR 4451, 4453 (July 10, 1987); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 3158, 3159 (April 20, 2012).