1405 PROHIBITIONS

1405.1 No LCS owner or operator shall provide sedan service in the District except as required by this chapter, Chapter 12 of this title, and other applicable laws.1405.2 No DDS shall provide dispatch or payment services for sedan class service in the District except as required by this chapter, Chapter 16 of this title, and other applicable laws.1405.3 No person shall provide sedan service in the District unless the fare, including all rates and charges, comply with § 1402 and all other applicable provisions of this chapter.1405.4 No person providing sedan service in the District shall charge a gratuity, regardless of how such amount is styled, that does not comply with § 1402.1(f).1405.5 No person shall participate in providing sedan service in the District unless the passenger surcharge is collected from the passenger and received by the District as required by § 1403.1405.6 No person shall provide sedan service if the vehicle or the operator is not on the DDS vehicle inventory at the time the digital dispatch was initiated by the passenger.1405.7 No owner or operator may alter or tamper with a component of a DPS unit or make any change in the vehicle that prevents the DPS unit from operating as required by this chapter.1405.8 No operator may provide service using a DPS unit that has been tampered with, broken, or altered. The operation of a sedan with a tampered, broken, or altered DPS shall give rise to a rebuttable presumption that the operator knew of the tampering, breaking, or alteration.1405.9 Sedan class service shall not be booked except through a digital dispatch transmitted to the operator by a DDS using a digital payment system with current operating authority to operate such system.1405.10 No DDS shall allow its associated operators to access a passenger's payment information after the payment has been processed.1405.11 Each operator shall pick up a passenger at the time and location provided in the digital dispatch.1405.12 No operator shall provide sedan service using a vehicle that does not comply with all applicable provisions of Chapter 12.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 12410 (August 30, 2013).