Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part II - Philadelphia Parking Authority › Subpart B - Taxicabs › Chapter 1021 - TAXICAB DRIVERS › Section 1021.5a - Special wheelchair accessible vehicle taxicab driver's certificate and requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(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.