Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 175 - Transportation Department
Chapter 8840 - TRANSPORTATION FOR ELDERLY, DISABLED
OPERATING STANDARDS
Part 8840.5400 - CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Subpart 1. Certificate of compliance required.

A person shall not provide special transportation service without a current annual certificate of compliance issued by the commissioner. No vehicle may be used to provide special transportation service until it has been inspected as required by part 8840.5700 and Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.14, and displays a valid decal as required by Minnesota Statutes, section 174.30, subdivision 4.

Subp. 1a. Wheelchair certification.

The commissioner shall issue a certificate of compliance to a provider who transports an occupied wheelchair in a vehicle only if the vehicle has been issued a current, numbered certificate by the commissioner pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 174.30, subdivisions 3 and 4.

Subp. 1b. Protected transport certification.

The commissioner shall issue a certificate of compliance to a provider who provides protected transport only after ensuring the safety provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0625, subdivision 17, are in working order.

Subp. 2. Ambulance service license required.

No special transportation service provider shall provide, offer to provide, or represent itself as capable of providing ambulance service unless it is licensed as required by Minnesota Statutes, section 144E.10.