NAC706.552. Drivers: Prohibited and required acts.

A taxicab driver shall, in addition to the requirements of NRS 706.8849:

     1. Ensure that the electronic taximeter of his or her taxicab is engaged while the taxicab is on hire.

     2. Not solicit passengers by voice or action.

     3. Not accept, directly or indirectly, a gratuity or any form of compensation from any person for diverting or attempting to divert a prospective customer from any commercial establishment.

     4. Not knowingly operate a taxicab that is unsafe for passenger service.

     5. Upon changing employment from one certificate holder to another, present to the Administrator the taxicab driver’s permit and a referral slip from his or her new employer for issuance of a permit. Before commencing employment, a taxicab driver must present his or her taxicab driver’s permit to his or her employer.

     6. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 706.546, not operate a taxicab within the jurisdiction of the Authority for other than the company listed on his or her driver’s permit.

     7. Report immediately any inoperable or defective taximeters to the certificate holder or the certificate holder’s representative.

     8. Not divert or attempt to divert a prospective customer from any commercial establishment.

     9. Except as authorized by the taxicab driver’s employer or the Authority, not permit any person, other than himself or herself, within his or her taxicab unless that person is a passenger who is actually being transported and is paying a fare.

     [Taxicab Auth., Gen. Order No. 3 Rule 505, eff. 4-18-71; A 5-8-74; A and renumbered as Rule 503, 8-16-78]—(NAC A 10-13-88; R064-02, 7-31-2002)