Current through September 18, 2024
A. Prior to permitting an individual to
accept trip requests through its digital network, a TNC shall:
1. Require the individual to submit an
application to the TNC that includes the individual's name, address, age,
driver's license number, photocopy or electronic copy of the driver's license,
motor vehicle registration for the personal vehicle that the individual intends
to use to provide prearranged rides, automobile liability insurance policy
(with effective dates), and other information as may be required by the TNC.
2. Conduct, or have a third party
accredited by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners
(NAPBS) conduct a local and national criminal background check for each
applicant that shall include:
a.
multi-state/multi-jurisdictional criminal records locator or other similar
commercial nationwide database with validation (primary source search);
and
b. Dru Sjodin National Sex
Offender Public Website; and
3. Obtain and review, or have a third party
obtain and review, a driving history research report for such driving
applicant.
B. The TNC
shall certify to the Division that the background checks verify that the
applicant meets the following criteria:
1.
Has not had more than three (3) moving violations in the prior three (3) year
period, or one of the following major violations in the prior three (3) year
period:
a. attempting to evade the police;
b. reckless driving or driving on
a suspended license; or
c. revoked
license;
2. Has not, in
the past seven (7) years, been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to any
of the following:
a. driving under the
influence of drugs or alcohol;
b.
felony fraud;
c. sexual offenses;
d. use of a motor vehicle to
commit a felony;
e. felony crimes
involving property damage, and/or theft; or
f. acts of violence or felony acts of
terror.
3. Is not a
match in the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website;
4. Possesses a valid driver's
license;
5. Possesses proof of
registration for the motor vehicle to be used to provide prearranged rides or
TNC services;
6. Possesses proof
of automobile liability insurance, which satisfies the financial responsibility
requirement for a motor vehicle under R.I. Gen. Laws §
31-47-2(13)(i)(A),
for the motor vehicle(s) to be used to provide prearranged rides or TNC
services; and
7. Is at least
nineteen (19) years of age.
C. The TNC shall certify to the Division that
the applicant has satisfied the aforementioned background check criteria by
providing the Division with an electronically-delivered weekly "drivers list"
that verifies compliance and which provides the following details on each
certified driver:
1. the driver's full name,
2. the plate number (and state)
that will be displayed on the vehicle the driver plans to use to provide TNC
services,
3. the driver's license
number (and state), and
4. the
date on which the driver is authorized to begin providing TNC services. Such
records shall be treated by the Division as confidential and shall not be
treated as public records.
D. The TNC shall conduct an annual background
check on its TNC drivers and shall recertify to the Division on an annual basis
that a TNC driver continues to satisfy all prescribed background check
requirements.
