Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 815 - Division of Public Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 50 - Common Carriers › Subchapter 10 - Motor Carriers of Passengers › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations for Licensing Operators Transporting Passengers in Taxicabs, Limited Public Motor Vehicles and Public Motor Vehicles (815-RICR-50-10-3) › Section 815-RICR-50-10-3.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
"Administrator" means the Administrator of the Division of
					 Public Utilities and Carriers.
"Cab" means taxicab or limited public motor vehicle as
					 defined in these rules and in R.I. Gen. Laws. §§
										39-14-1(4) and
					 39-14-1(7).2
"Certificate" means a certificate of operating authority
					 issued to a taxicab, limited public motor vehicle or public motor vehicle
					 company.
"Charter carrier" means a provider of transportation
					 services to groups such as: lodges, bands, athletic teams, schools or other
					 travel groups, assembled by someone other than the carrier who collectively
					 contracts for the exclusive use of certain equipment for the duration of a
					 particular trip or tour. Charter carrier services shall also include
					 transportation services provided by employment agencies or employers to
					 individuals in the context of providing transportation to and from their place
					 of employment.
"Common carrier" as used in these rules means any person
					 engaging in the business of providing transportation services for compensation
					 to passengers through the use of a taxicab, limited public motor vehicle or
					 public motor vehicle, as defined in these rules.
"Division" means the Division of Public Utilities and
					 Carriers.
"Driver" or "operator" means, for the purpose of these
					 rules and regulations, any person operating a motor vehicle used for the
					 for-hire transportation of passengers which he or she owns or is operating with
					 the express or implied consent of the owner.
"Jitney" means and includes any motor bus or other public
					 service motor vehicle operated in whole or in part upon any street or highway
					 in such manner as to afford a means of transportation similar to that provided
					 by a street railway company, by indiscriminately receiving or discharging
					 passengers; or running on a regular route or over any portion thereof; or
					 between fixed termini.
"Limited public motor vehicle" means and includes every
					 motor vehicle for hire, other than a jitney, a taxicab, or a public motor
					 vehicle, as defined herein, equipped with a taximeter used for transporting
					 members of the general public for compensation only from a designated location
					 on private property to such points as may be directed by the passenger.
"Motor carrier" means a common carrier by motor vehicle.
"Person" means and includes any individual, firm,
					 partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or
					 other association of individuals, or company, and his, her or its lessee,
					 trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative, and, where the context
					 requires, "driver" or "operator" as defined herein.
"Public motor vehicle" means and includes every motor
					 vehicle for hire, other than a jitney, a taxicab or a limited public motor
					 vehicle, as defined herein, used for transporting members of the general public
					 for compensation in unmarked vehicles at a predetermined or prearranged rate or
					 fee to such points as may be directed by the passenger. Transportation services
					 provided by charter carriers, as defined above, or by funeral homes in
					 association with funeral services, and by ambulance companies shall be exempt
					 from these rules and regulations.
"Taxicab" means and includes every motor vehicle for hire,
					 other than a jitney, limited public motor vehicle, or public motor vehicle,
					 equipped with a taximeter, used for transporting members of the general public
					 for compensation to any place within this state as may be directed by a
					 passenger on a call and demand basis, when the solicitation or acceptance of
					 the passenger occurs within the location named in the certificate of operating
					 authority for that taxicab; provided, that the vehicle's driver may, if and
					 when solicited on a public highway at any location at which he or she is
					 discharging a passenger, which location is not shown in the certificate,
					 provide transportation from the location only to a place named in the
					 certificate.
"Taximeter" means any instrument or device by which the
					 charge for transportation in any taxicab or limited public motor vehicle is
					 mechanically calculated and indicated by means of figures, either for distances
					 traveled or for waiting time, or for both.
"Unmarked vehicles" means motor vehicles that do not
					 display the transportation company's name, address or telephone number, or any
					 advertisements or commercial information beyond that included by the vehicle's
					 manufacturer on the vehicle's exterior surfaces.