1600. APPLICATION AND SCOPE

1600 APPLICATION AND SCOPE 1600.1 This chapter establishes regulations for the businesses, operators, and vehicles which participate in providing dispatch services, and establishes the District of Columbia Taxicab Industry Co-op. 1600.2 Additional provisions applicable to the businesses, owners, operators, and vehicles which participate in providing taxicab service appear in Chapters 4-11. 1600.3 Additional provisions applicable to the businesses, owners, operators, and vehicles which participate in providing black car service appear in Chapters 12 and 14. 1600.4 The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted to comply with the language and intent of the Establishment Act, as amended by Vehicle-for-Hire Act, and by the Impoundment Act. 1600.5 The definitions in Chapter 99 shall apply to all terms used in this chapter. 1600.6 The phrase “company that uses digital dispatch for public vehicle-for-hire service”, as used in the Establishment Act, as amended by the Vehicle-for-Hire Act, shall include only a digital dispatch service, as defined in Chapter 99, and shall not include any other person regulated by this title in connection with the provision of a public vehicle-for-hire service, such as a taxicab company. 1600.7 In the event of a conflict between a provision of this chapter and a provision of another chapter of this title, the more restrictive provision shall control. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 4430 (May 2, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 147 (January 2, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 338 (January 8, 2016). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Taxicabs and Public Vehicles for Hire 31 DCMR § 1600