D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 31, § 501
FILING REQUIREMENTS
501.1 No person shall operate a taxicab company, association, or fleet in the District without first obtaining a Certificate of Operating Authority issued by the Commission.
501.2 Each application for a new or renewal certificate of operating authority shall be made on a form prescribed by the Office of Taxicabs (Office), which shall contain a sworn and notarized statement that the information contained in the application is true under penalty of perjury, and that the applicant is in compliance with the clean hands requirements of D.C. Official Code § 47-2862 (2005 Repl. & 2011 Supp.).
501.3 An applicant for a new or renewal certificate of operating authority license shall provide the following information with its application:
incorporated for less than one (1) year from the date of the license application, or a certificate of good standing if the applicant has been incorporated more than one (1) year from the date of the license application, or if not a District of Columbia corporation, a copy of the certificate of incorporation from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a certificate of good standing and certificate of authority to do business within the District of Columbia as a foreign corporation;
(2) A copy of its articles of incorporation; and
(3) A list of its officers, including the name, residential address, and telephone number of each officer;
(h) The name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address for the applicant’s District of Columbia resident agent for service of process;
(i) An identification of the types of taxicab services to be provided, including dispatch service, wheelchair-accessible service, and other specially-equipped taxicab service;
(j) A statement by the applicant that the company, association, or fleet will not discriminate against employees or customers and will provide taxicab services throughout the District of Columbia;
(k) A listing of membership, insurance, dispatch, and rental fees, where applicable;
(l) Identification of the number of hybrid taxicabs, wheelchair-accessible taxicabs, and other specially-equipped taxicab vehicles; and
(m) Clean Hands certification that the applicant has complied with the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue registration and filing requirements, including but not limited to filing the FR-500 Combined Business Tax Registration Application Form and the FR-500T, Taxicab and Limousine Supplemental Information Form.
(n) Certification that it is in compliance with the operating requirements of § 510.
(o) Proof of insurance including workers compensation.
501.4 Each applicant for a new or renewal certificate of operating authority shall also provide the following information as to the vehicles to be affiliated or associated
with its company, association, or fleet or owned by the applicant:
(a) The name and residential address of the owner of each vehicle to be affiliated or associated with the applicant;
(b) The vehicle body type, the vehicle make and model, the vehicle's model year, and the vehicle identification number;
(c) Verification that the applicant has applied for and is pre-approved for insurance that complies with District of Columbia insurance requirements and the requirements of chapter 9 of this title;
(d) The trade name and any design, insignia, logo, term, symbol, lettering, or other exterior object, pursuant to § 503 of this chapter; and
(e) The specially-equipped taxicab vehicle information, where applicable, required to be submitted by § 604 of this title.
501.5 The Office shall verify all the information provided in response to §§ 501.3 and 501.4 of this section and provide a preliminary approval of the name, logo, or insignia before each application is presented to the Office for approval.
501.6 Annually on or before December 15 and at other times as may be required by the Commission, each taxicab company, association, or fleet shall renew its certificate of operating authority by filing an application with the Office. The application shall include the following information:
(a) The name and residential address of the owner of each taxicab affiliated or associated with the taxicab company, association, or fleet;
(b) Identification of the vehicle body type, the vehicle make and model, the model year, the vehicle identification number, the fleet number, the taxicab permit number (referred to as the DCTC), the tag number, and the mileage for all taxicabs affiliated or associated with the taxicab company, association, or fleet or owned by the taxicab company, association, or fleet;
(c) Verification that the fleet numbers assigned to the taxicab vehicles comply with § 503.5 of this chapter;
(d) Verification that the company, association, or fleet is in compliance with District of Columbia insurance requirements and the insurance requirements in chapter 9 of this title;
(b) Used to provide transportation for a service that is not a public vehicle-for-hire service.
501.12 The Office shall deny an initial or renewal certificate of operating authority to a taxicab company which is not in compliance with § 501.10.
501.13 If the Office denies a renewal certificate of operating authority pursuant to § 501.12, it shall at such time grant a temporary certificate of operating authority to the taxicab company, which shall expire not later than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of issuance, provided that:
(a) The taxicab company files by the renewal date a compliance plan with the Office; and
(b) The compliance plan demonstrates that the taxicab company shall achieve full compliance with the requirements of § 501.10 not later than one hundred eighty (180) days of the renewal date, and is supported by such information and documentation as the Office may require.
501.14 A taxicab company granted a temporary certificate of operating authority pursuant to § 501.13 shall submit evidence that it has complied with the compliance plan, filed with the Office pursuant to § 501.13, prior to the expiration date of the temporary certificate of operating authority. The Office shall review the taxicab company's evidence of compliance, during which time the temporary certificate of operating authority shall continue in force and effect.
501.15 If the evidence of compliance with the compliance plan submitted pursuant to § 501.13 is satisfactory to the Office, the Office shall renew the company's certificate of operating authority. If the evidence of compliance is not satisfactory to the Office, the Office shall provide notice of its decision to the company, and the company's operating authority shall not be renewed, provided however, that the temporary operating authority shall continue in force and effect during the period of any appeal.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 3595, 3596 (June 1, 1990); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 41 DCR 1855 (April 8, 1994); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 6675 (July 15, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 7980 (October 6, 2006); as amended by Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Support Act of 2009, effective March 3, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-111; 57 DCR 181, 294 (January 8, 2010)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8549, 8550 (July 20, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 12387 (August 30, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 3415 (March 20, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 067 (January 1, 2016).