New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 21 - LICENSING SERVICE
Subchapter 26 - TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES
Section 13:21-26.8 - Issuance, display, and return of two-dimensional barcodes or other machine-readable codes or images

(a) A TNC or its third-party designee shall create, and the TNC shall issue, two copies of a two-dimensional barcode or other machine-readable code or image to every driver, which shall be displayed by the driver in accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:5H-23.c, on the driver and passenger side rear windows of the driver's personal vehicle, and shall be scannable by a rider from the exterior of the vehicle while the driver is logged on to the TNC's digital network as a driver or is providing a prearranged ride. The two-dimensional barcode or other machine-readable code or image may be included on the credential placard required at N.J.A.C. 13:21-26.9.

(b) The two-dimensional barcode or other machine-readable code or image shall be unique to each driver and to the driver's personal vehicle that is being used to provide prearranged rides, and it shall be capable of being scanned by a rider through the digital network or mobile application from the exterior of the vehicle to confirm the identity of the driver for a prearranged ride and the personal vehicle being used to provide the prearranged ride before the rider enters the vehicle.

(c) A driver shall not allow the two-dimensional barcode or other machine-readable code or image on the driver's vehicle to be obstructed at any time when the driver is logged on to the TNC's digital network as a driver or when the driver is providing a prearranged ride.

(d) The two-dimensional barcode or other machine-readable code or image may be removable, but no driver shall log on to the TNC's digital network as a driver or provide a prearranged ride in their personal vehicle as a driver without displaying the two-dimensional barcode or other machine-readable code or image in accordance with this section.

(e) A driver shall return all copies of the two-dimensional barcode or other machine-readable code or image to the TNC within 30 days of the date that the driver notifies the TNC that it is terminating status as a driver, or within 24 hours if the driver's status is terminated by the TNC, and shall not provide prearranged rides using the TNC's digital network.

(f) The TNC shall notify the driver of this requirement to return all copies of the two-dimensional barcode or other machine-readable code or image and the timeframe in which the driver is to return them within 15 days after the date that the driver notifies the TNC that the driver is terminating status as a driver, or simultaneously with the notice of termination if the TNC terminates the driver.