1906. PROHIBITIONS

1906 PROHIBITIONS 1906.1 No person shall violate any applicable provision of this chapter. 1906.2 No private sedan operator shall threaten, harass, or engage in abusive conduct, or attempt to use or use physical force against any District enforcement official. 1906.3 A private sedan operator shall not provide service unless the operator is registered with a private sedan business, such private sedan business is registered under this chapter, and the private sedan operator is providing service through such private sedan business. 1906.4 A private sedan operator shall not accept trips through the app of a DDS associated or affiliated with any private sedan business unless the operator is registered with the private sedan business, the DDS is registered under Chapter 16, the private sedan business is registered under this chapter, and the operator is not suspended by such private sedan business. An operator suspended by a registered private sedan business shall be deemed to be not registered with that business. 1906.5 No private sedan operator shall provide service while under the influence of illegal intoxicants, or under the influence of legal intoxicants that have been prescribed with a warning against use while driving or operating equipment. 1906.6 No private sedan operator shall solicit or accept a street hail, engage in false dispatch, or use a taxicab or limousine stand. 1906.7 No private sedan operator shall access or attempt to access a passenger’s payment information after the payment has been processed. 1906.8 No private sedan operator or private sedan business shall engage in conduct which hinders or prevents the District from receiving an amount which the private sedan business’s associated or affiliated digital dispatch service must transmit to OCFO pursuant to § 1604.7. 1906.9 No private sedan business shall commence operating in the District after March 11, 2015, unless it has been granted a registration by the Office pursuant to § 1902.6. 1906.10 No insurance policy which provides the coverage required by this chapter shall contain language that does not conform with this title or the Act. 1906.11 No private sedan business or private sedan operator shall attempt through any means to contradict or evade the requirements of this title or other applicable laws. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 338 (January 8, 2016); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 008243 (June 5, 2026). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Taxicabs and Public Vehicles for Hire 31 DCMR § 1906