In addition to other prohibitions provided in this part, an
applicant for a taxicab driver's certificate is automatically ineligible under
all of the following circumstances:
(1) The applicant does not hold a current
driver's license.
(2) The applicant
does not speak the English language sufficiently to communicate with the
general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English
language, to respond to official inquiries and to make verifiable entries on
reports and records.
(3) The
applicant has failed to satisfactorily complete taxicab driver training and
testing as prescribed by this chapter.
(4) The applicant is unable to provide
information required by this subpart.
(5) The applicant is 20 years of age or
younger.
(6) Unless otherwise
permitted by the Authority, the applicant does not have a driving history in
the United States of at least 1 continuous year prior to the date of
application.
(7) The applicant's
driver's history reflects three moving violations or a major violation as
defined in §
1011.2 (relating to definitions)
in the 3-year period prior to the driving history check.
(8) The applicant has been convicted of
driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the preceding 7 years from
the filing date of DR-1 "Driver Application."
(9) The applicant has been disqualified by
the Authority from being a TNC driver under section 57A12(e) of the act
(relating to transportation network company drivers) within the 5 years
immediately preceding the filing date of DR-1 "Driver Application."
Notes
The
provisions of this § 1021.4 amended September 12, 2014, effective
9/13/2014, 44 Pa.B. 5867;
temporarily amended May 5, 2017, effective 2/25/2017, expire upon promulgation of
final-form regulations or on November 5, 2018, whichever is later, as set forth
in 53 Pa.C.S. § 57B 02(b), 47 Pa.B. 2558.
Paragraph (3) has been recognized as invalid as applied
to partial-rights taxicabs. Germantown Cab Company v. Philadelphia Parking
Authority, 155 A.3d 669 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2017).
The provisions of this § 1021.4 temporarily amended under
53 Pa.C.S. § 57B 02.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
1011.9 (relating to taxicab
service limitations).
