Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 815 - Division of Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 50 - Common Carriers
Subchapter 10 - Motor Carriers of Passengers
Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Passengers via Transportation Network Companies (815-RICR-50-10-5)
Section 815-RICR-50-10-5.1 - Authority
Consistent with a 2016 legislative mandate providing for the regulation of intrastate for-hire passenger transportation services provided by "Transportation Network Companies," enacted through R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 39-14.2, these rules and regulations are deemed by the Division to be necessary to assure adequate, safe and compliant service under this new Chapter of the Rhode Island General Laws. These rules and regulations further acknowledge that the Division is authorized to conduct investigations into complaints, conduct investigations initiated on its own, and to hold hearings and impose sanctions as it deems necessary to fulfill the proper administration of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 39-14.2.