Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 274.00 - Transportation Network Companies › Section 274.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
For the purposes of
		  220 CMR 274.00, the terms
		  set forth shall be defined as follows, unless context requires
		  otherwise.
Background Check Clearance Certificate or Clearance
		  Certificate
. Verification issued by the Transportation Network
		  Company Division to a Transportation Network Driver and Transportation Network
		  Company, electronically or otherwise, that a Transportation Network Driver
		  successfully completed the two-part background check pursuant to
		  220 CMR
		  274.06 and is suitable to provide
		  Transportation Network Services.
Cruising
. The driving of a
		  Transportation Network Vehicle on the streets, alleys or public places of
		  motorized travel in search of or soliciting hails from a person in the street,
		  alleys or public places of motorized travel.
Department
. The Department of Public
		  Utilities.
Digital Network
. Any online-enabled
		  application, software, website or system offered or utilized by a
		  Transportation Network Company that enables Pre-arranged Rides with
		  Transportation Network Drivers.
Division
. The Transportation Network
		  Company Division established by the Department to implement, administer and
		  enforce M.G.L. c. 159A1/2
Pre-arranged Ride or Ride
. A period of
		  time that begins when a Transportation Network Driver accepts a ride through a
		  Digital Network and the Transportation Network Driver commences his or her
		  route to pick up a Transportation Network Rider, continues while the
		  Transportation Network Driver transports the Transportation Network Rider, and
		  ends when the Transportation Network Rider safely departs from the
		  Transportation Network Vehicle or when a Transportation Network Rider cancels
		  the Ride.
Transportation Network Company or TNC
.
		  A corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship or other entity that uses a
		  Digital Network to connect Transportation Network Riders to Transportation
		  Network Drivers to pre-arrange and provide transportation.
Transportation Network Company Permit or
		  Permit
. A document issued, electronically or otherwise, by the
		  Division authorizing a TNC to provide Transportation Network Services in the
		  Commonwealth.
Transportation Network Driver or
		  Driver
. An individual certified by a TNC to provide Transportation
		  Network Services, or an individual applying to a TNC to provide Transportation
		  Network Services.
Transportation Network Driver Certificate or Driver
		  Certificate
. The certification to become a Driver and the
		  authorization to provide Transportation Network Services issued, electronically
		  or otherwise, by a TNC to a Driver.
Transportation Network Rider or Rider
.
		  A passenger in a Pre-arranged Ride provided by a Driver, provided that the
		  passenger personally arranged the Ride or the arrangement was made on the
		  passenger's behalf.
Transportation Network Services or
		  Services
. The offer and provision of Pre-arranged Rides for
		  compensation or on a promotional basis to Riders or prospective Riders through
		  a Digital Network, covering the period beginning when a Driver is logged onto a
		  Digital Network and is available to receive a Pre-arranged Ride or while in the
		  course of providing a Pre-arranged Ride and ending when the Ride is
		  completed.
Transportation Network Vehicle or
		  Vehicle
. A vehicle that is used by a Driver to provide
		  Services.