52 Pa. Code § 1021.5a - Special wheelchair accessible vehicle taxicab driver's certificate and requirements
(a)
Purpose. The WAV taxicab driver's certificate is created to
ensure that the needs of the disabled community are known and fully addressed
by the drivers of WAV taxicabs and to ensure that those in need of WAV taxicab
transportation are efficiently and adequately provided with that transportation
by the best qualified drivers available.
(b)
WAV taxicab drivers.
(1) The Authority will issue a special
driver's certificate for individuals to provide WAV taxicab service as provided
in section 5706(a.1)(1) of the act (relating to driver certification
program).
(2) A WAV taxicab
driver's certificate will identify the driver as having been trained in the
operation of a WAV taxicab and in the best practices of transporting a person
in a wheelchair.
(3) To obtain a
WAV taxicab driver's certificate, an individual, including a current taxicab
driver, shall comply with the taxicab driver requirements of this chapter and
submit a completed Form DR-4 "WAV Driver Application." Form DR-4 is available
on the Authority's web site at www.philapark.org/tld.
(4) An applicant may apply for a taxicab
driver's certificate and a WAV taxicab driver's certificate at the same time.
If an applicant discontinues the WAV taxicab driver certification process or is
unable to successfully complete the training, the applicant may pursue taxicab
driver's certification.
(5)
Applications for a WAV taxicab driver certificate will be processed by the
Director in the order accepted for filing.
(6) A WAV taxicab driver certificate includes
the authorizations applicable to a taxicab driver's certificate.
(7) An applicant for a WAV taxicab driver's
certificate shall maintain a record of compliance with the act, this part and
orders of the Authority as follows:
(i) A WAV
taxicab driver applicant shall have at least 1 year of Philadelphia taxicab
driver experience as an Authority-certificated driver completed within the
immediately preceding consecutive 24-month period prior to the date of
application.
(ii) A WAV taxicab
driver application will be denied if an order has been entered against the
applicant by the Authority or the PUC related to the provision of unsafe or
discourteous taxicab service.
(iii)
A WAV taxicab driver application will be denied if the applicant's taxicab
driver's certificate or limousine driver's certificate has ever been cancelled
or revoked.
(iv) A WAV taxicab
driver application will be denied if the applicant's taxicab driver's
certificate has been suspended for any reason in the immediately preceding
consecutive 36 months.
(8) Only a taxicab driver certificated by the
Authority as provided in this section may provide taxicab service in a WAV
taxicab.
(c)
WAV
taxicab driver renewal.
(1) A WAV
taxicab driver's certificate may be renewed by filing the completed Form DR-4
with the Manager of Administration and adhering to standard renewal
requirements as provided in §
1011.3 (relating to annual rights
renewal process).
(2) The Authority
will not renew a WAV taxicab driver's certificate if the driver has failed to
provide taxicab service in a WAV taxicab for at least 800 hours in the
immediately preceding consecutive 12-month period.
(3) The annual taxicab driver renewal fee
charged by the Authority shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale of WAV
medallions authorized by section 5711(c) of the act (relating to power of
authority to issue certificates of public convenience) for each successfully
renewed WAV taxicab driver.
(4)
When a WAV taxicab driver's certificate is denied as provided in paragraph (2)
and not on another basis, the Authority will issue the renewing driver a
standard taxicab driver's certificate.
(d)
Wheelchair service
preference.
(1) A person seated in a
wheelchair who requests taxicab service shall be given preference by a WAV
taxicab driver over a potential customer that is not in a wheelchair. For
example, if a WAV taxicab is hailed by two people at the same time but only one
of those people is seated in a wheelchair, service shall be provided to the
person seated in the wheelchair first.
(2) A customer already seated in a taxicab
may not be asked to exit the taxicab to accommodate a person seated in a
wheelchair.
(3) When a WAV taxicab
has been dispatched and is in route to provide taxicab service to a person not
in a wheelchair and is hailed by a person seated in a wheelchair, the WAV
taxicab driver shall stop and provide taxicab service to the person in a
wheelchair. Prior to assisting the hailing customer into the WAV taxicab, the
driver shall notify his dispatcher of the hail. The dispatcher shall arrange
for an alternate taxicab to provide service to the original customer.
(4) A WAV taxicab driver shall notify his
dispatcher each time taxicab service is provided to a person in a wheelchair.
The notification required under this paragraph shall be made once the customer
is secured in the taxicab.
Notes
The provisions of this § 1021.5a temporarily amended under 53 Pa.C.S. § 57B 02.
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