NAC706.496. Taxicabs: Transportation for elderly persons and persons with permanent disabilities.

     1. The Administrator shall establish, maintain and make known a telephone number for elderly persons and persons with permanent disabilities to register complaints regarding transportation by taxicab.

     2. Each certificate holder shall inquire of a person who requests transportation by taxicab within the area allocated to the certificate holder whether he or she is an elderly person or a person with a permanent disability.

     3. Each certificate holder shall inform a person who requests transportation by taxicab within the area allocated to the certificate holder and who identifies himself or herself as an elderly person or a person with a permanent disability of the:

     (a) Estimated time of arrival of the requested taxicab; and

     (b) Telephone number maintained by the Administrator pursuant to subsection 1.

     4. Each certificate holder shall:

     (a) Create a record indicating the date and time of each call received from a person who identifies himself or herself as an elderly person or a person with a permanent disability; and

     (b) Provide the record to the Authority monthly, on or before the 10th day of the month following the month in which the record is created.

     5. For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to:

     (a) Be “elderly” if the person is 60 years of age or older.

     (b) Have a “permanent disability” if the person is permanently disabled by a physical or mental condition that materially limits or contributes to limiting his or her activities or functioning.

     (Added to NAC by Taxicab Auth. by R121-01, eff. 1-24-2002)