Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 815 - Division of Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 50 - Common Carriers
Subchapter 10 - Motor Carriers of Passengers
Part 2 - Rules Governing Transportation of Passengers via Taxicabs and Limited Public Motor Vehicles (815-RICR-50-10-2)
Section 815-RICR-50-10-2.9 - Miscellaneous Rules

Universal Citation: 815 RI Code of Rules 50 10 2.9

Current through September 18, 2024

A. A certificate holder shall make arrangements for bringing to the attention of all drivers, employees and lessees these Rules and Regulations, R.I. Gen. Laws Title 39 and any orders and notices from the Division of which the certificate holder has been made aware by the Division. The certificate holder is responsible to assure that all employees and lessees follow all of the provisions and may be disciplined for the failure of his or her employees and/or lessees to do so. A copy of these Rules and Regulations shall be kept at the business address of record for the information of drivers and other employees.

B. Accidents resulting in loss of life or property damage exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) must be reported to the Division within ten (10) business days from the date of the accident.

C. TAXICAB STAND:

1. No taxicab shall be placed upon or occupy any taxicab stand except for the purpose of being held forth for hire.

2. Taxicabs shall be placed on stands only from the rear (where applicable) and shall be moved forward and to the front of the stand immediately as space becomes available by the departure or movement of preceding taxicabs.

3. A passenger may select any taxicab at a taxi stand, regardless of that taxicab's position in line; however, no driver may solicit a passenger at a taxi stand.

4. When a taxicab stand is occupied to its full capacity, no taxicab shall loiter or wait nearby for the purpose of occupying space on such stand.

5. The driver of every taxicab occupying a stand shall stay within close proximity to his vehicle at all times.

6. The Division's rules on conduct at taxicab stands shall be enforced at every location designated as a taxicab stand, by a local government or by the owner of the property where the taxicab stand is located (if on private property), regardless of whether the entity establishing the taxicab stand can enforce its own ordinances, rules or regulation governing such stands.

D. No certificate holder shall utilize in any cab, or have at a dispatch center, any device to monitor or scan any radio frequency other than the frequency assigned to the certificate holder's cabs or dispatch center by the Federal Communications Commission.

E. Cabs shall only be used for passenger transportation as authorized under an operating certificate. Therefore, cabs must charge only the tariff rate approved for that vehicle as registered through a properly functioning taximeter. Cabs, therefore, may not function as paratransit services, as defined in § 2.1(A)(15) of this Part. However, contract services, in which a cab transports a passenger at the request of another entity, such as a hospital, and the resulting fare is paid by such other entity, shall be allowed, so long as the taximeter is utilized during the trip to calculate the resulting fare, and so long as the passenger is picked up within the authorized service territory for that vehicle.

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