D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 31, § 1605
1605.1 No person shall dispatch a public vehicle-for hire or process a digital payment for a public vehicle-for-hire in the District except as provided in this chapter.
1605.2 No person shall operate a dispatch service that is not registered with the Office under § 1604 for all the services it provides in the District.
1605.3 No dispatch service shall dispatch or process digital payments except as provided in this chapter and in Chapters 4, 6, and 8 (for taxicabs), and in this chapter and in Chapters 12 and 14 (for sedans).
1605.4 No dispatch service may alter or attempt to alter its legal obligations under this title or to impose an obligation on any person or limit the rights of any person in a manner that is contrary to public policy or that threatens passenger or operator safety or consumer protection.
1605.5 Once a trip has been accepted by a taxicab operator through the DC TaxiApp, the taxicab operator shall not fail to pick up the passenger or to complete the trip after the passenger has been picked up. A violation of this subsection shall be treated as a refusal to haul pursuant to Chapter 8, and subject to the penalties provided in that chapter. No taxicab operator shall be required to accept a trip through the DC TaxiApp.
1605.6 [RESERVED]
1605.7 No fee charged by a DDS in addition to a taximeter fare shall be processed by a payment service provider, or displayed on or paid using any component of an MTS unit, provided, however, that such a fee may be processed by a payment service provider or displayed on or paid using a component of an MTS unit pursuant to an integration agreement between the DDS and the PSP that has been approved by the Office pursuant to Chapter 4, this chapter, and all other applicable provisions of this title, and incorporates reasonable measures to avoid passenger confusion between regulated and non-regulated rates and charges.
1605.8 [RESERVED]
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 4430 (May 2, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 147 (January 2, 2015).