Section 10-201 – Applicability of Subtitle

    This subtitle applies to a person providing taxicab services under a taxicab permit or taxicab driver’s license issued by the Commission.

Section 10-202 – Permit — Required

    (a)    A person must have a permit issued by the Commission whenever the person operates as a taxicab business in or from a point in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, the City of Cumberland, or the City of Hagerstown.     (b)    The provisions of this division relating to taxicabs or of any public local law relating to taxicabs do […]

Section 10-203 – Permit — Standard for Issuance

    (a)    (1)    An applicant for a permit to operate a taxicab business shall submit to the Commission an application on the form that the Commission provides.         (2)    The Commission shall issue a permit if, after investigation, the Commission determines that issuing the permit would be best for the public welfare and convenience.     (b)    In determining whether to issue a […]

Section 10-204 – Permit — Term; Suspension; Revocation

    (a)    Each permit applies only to the particular taxicab designated in the permit.     (b)    (1)    Each permit is subject to the terms and conditions that the Commission establishes.         (2)    The Commission shall set a term of at least 1 year for each permit.         (3)    The Commission may renew a permit in accordance with the standards set forth in § 10-203 […]

Section 10-205 – Permit — Assignment

    (a)    A permit may not be assigned or transferred unless, after investigation, the Commission approves the assignment or transfer as best for the public welfare and convenience.     (b)    An applicant for an assignment or transfer of a permit shall submit to the Commission a written application that sets forth the purpose, terms, and conditions of the proposed […]

Section 10-206 – Display of Identification

    (a)    Each taxicab for which a permit is required shall have the word “taxicab” appear conspicuously on the taxicab.     (b)    (1)    The Commission shall:             (i)    determine the form and style of a badge; and             (ii)    issue to each licensed taxicab driver a badge with the taxicab driver’s license number on the badge.         (2)    A licensed taxicab driver shall display the badge […]

Section 10-207 – General Liability and Property Insurance

    (a)    A taxicab for which a permit is required may not be operated unless the permit holder:         (1)    obtains from an insurer authorized to transact business in the State, a liability insurance policy that:             (i)    is approved by the Commission in all respects, including policy provisions, form, and amounts; and             (ii)    insures the permit holder and taxicab driver against […]

Section 10-208 – Duties of Taxicab Driver

    (a)    In addition to other duties specifically imposed by this subtitle, while driving a taxicab, a taxicab driver:         (1)    shall accept as passenger and convey where directed any orderly person, on request, unless previously engaged or unable or forbidden to do so by this section, other valid law, or regulation;         (2)    except when transferring a vehicle to or […]

Section 10-209 – Taxicab Operation

    (a)    A taxicab driver shall make maximum use of service communications with the driver’s switchboard operator or dispatcher in order to keep the driver’s taxicab available for response to calls.     (b)    (1)    A taxicab driver may not solicit the patronage of a person who is at the terminal of another common carrier or at an intermediate point along […]

Section 10-210 – Charges for Service

    (a)    (1)    A taxicab permit holder shall post in each of its taxicabs a schedule of its fares on a rate card.         (2)    The rate card shall be printed and arranged in a way that allows a passenger to determine readily the exact fare payable by the passenger.         (3)    A person may not collect a fare other than a […]