1004.1 Upon receipt of an application for a hacker's license, the Chairperson shall investigate or cause to be investigated each applicant to verify the identity of the applicant and determine the competency, residency, fitness, and eligibility of the applicant for a license.

1004.2 The Chairperson shall require each applicant for a hacker's license to take a written examination.

1004.3 The examination shall test the applicant's knowledge in the areas including, but not limited to, familiarity with the Metropolitan Area, District of Columbia monuments and landmarks, customer service concepts, cultural sensitivity, disability accommodation requirements, and non-discrimination requirements.

1004.4 The examination shall also include any further physical and mental examination as the Chairperson finds necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to operate the type of vehicle for which application for a license is made.

1004.5 An applicant caught cheating or attempting to cheat on the examination shall be immediately expelled from the examination and disqualified from continuing the examination. The applicant's testing fee shall not be refunded. The applicant shall also be disqualified from re-applying for the examination for a period of not less than three (3) years. Disqualification for cheating on the licensure examination is not appealable.

1004.6 Upon successful completion of the operator education course and successful passage of the written examination administered by the Commission, an applicant shall have six (6) months from the date of the notification letter from the Commission (or unless otherwise stated in writing by the Commission), to file an application for licensure.

SOURCE: Regulation No. 72-13, approved June 30, 1972, 19 DCR 61 (July 24, 1972), 32 DCRR §§ 10.206 and 10.207, Special Edition; as amended by Final Rulemaking published by 34 DCR 6704 (October 23, 1987); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 3158, 3163 (April 20, 2012).