(a) Upon notice of a passenger complaint, traffic accident, arrest, or other incident, which jeopardized or may have jeopardized the safety, health, or welfare of the passengers or members of the general public by a specific private transportation driver, the department may immediately demand, and the private transportation company shall provide, unrestricted access to the records of, or pertaining to, that private transportation driver. Any record furnished to the department may exclude information that would tend to identify specific drivers or riders, unless the identity of a driver is relevant to the complaint.
(b) Any records inspected by the department pursuant to this section are:
(1) Designated confidential;
(2) Not subject to disclosure to a third party by the department without prior written consent of the private transportation company; and
(3) Exempt from disclosure under HRS Chapter 92F, the Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act (“UIPA”).
Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the applicability of any other exemptions under HRS Chapter 92F.
(1990 Code, Ch. 12, Art. 6, § 12-6.13) (Added by Ord. 16-38)