(a) Generally. On receipt of a completed taxicab operator's license application, a copy of the applicant's driving record from the Motor Vehicle Administration, and a $25 payment towards the initial license fee, the Department may issue a provisional taxicab operator's license.
(b) Content. A provisional taxicab operator's license shall identify the applicant and the owner.
(c) Expiration. A provisional taxicab operator's license expires 45 days after the date of issuance.
(d) Fingerprinting; release form; fee. Within 20 days after the date of issuance of a provisional taxicab operator's license, the applicant shall be fingerprinted by the County police and provide the Department with a completed criminal history release form and pay the processing fee required to obtain the history.
(e) Investigation. The Department shall forward each application to the Police Department, and the Police Department shall inquire into the qualifications of the applicant and forward to the Department a report of its findings. The Department shall determine whether to issue the operator's license.
(f) Issuance. The Department shall issue a provisional taxicab operator's license to an applicant who has submitted all information required by the application form, paid the required fees, and met the qualifications for obtaining the license.
(g) Display. A licensee shall wear the provisional license card issued by the Department whenever operating a taxicab for business purposes.
(h) Doctor's certification; fee. Before the expiration of the provisional taxicab operator's license, the applicant shall provide the Department with a doctor's certification that the applicant is not subject to an infirmity of body or mind that may render the applicant unfit for the safe operation of a taxicab and pay the balance of the fee required for an initial taxicab operator's license.
(i) Extension. The Department may extend a provisional taxicab operator's license for up to 30 days.
(1985 Code, Art. 16, § 17-214) (Bill No. 56-97; Bill No. 24-00; Bill No. 14-01)