Current through November 8, 2024
Section 706.543 - Drivers: Standards of conductDuring a driver's or independent contractor's period of duty, he or she shall, in addition to the requirements of NRS 706.8845:
1. Not engage in verbal arguments or acts of physical violence.2. Refrain from backing into position in any taxicab stand.3. Refrain from loading passengers at any establishment where a taxicab stand has been established unless the driver or independent contractor has been through the rotation of the stand. This provision does not apply if: (a) There are no taxicabs on the stand ; or(b) The taxicab is operating via an electronic hailing service pursuant to NRS 706.88184 which connects passengers directly to a driver or independent contractor.4. Not permit more than two passengers in the front seat of the driver's or independent contractor's taxicab and not permit more than five passengers in his or her taxicab at any one time.5. Not knowingly operate a taxicab equipped with a faulty or inaccurate taximeter, or that shows signs of having been tampered with.6. Not operate a taxicab in which the taximeter is not sufficiently illuminated or the face obscured to the extent that the entire fare recording device cannot be easily seen by the passenger.7. Not operate a taxicab in which the taximeter does not have a properly attached seal as affixed by the Administrator.8. Not operate a taxicab that does not have properly affixed a valid medallion or lease medallion as issued by the Administrator.9. Not operate a taxicab when any illness or physical or mental disorder may impair his or her safe operation of a taxicab.10. Not operate a taxicab while taking drugs that may impair his or her ability safely to operate a taxicab.11. Keep a complete and accurate trip sheet as prescribed in NAC 706.510 and 706.549 and NRS 706.8844.12. Not display or distribute any advertising within or on the driver's or independent contractor's taxicab which has not been authorized by his or her employer or the certificate holder with whom the independent contractor has entered into a lease agreement pursuant to sections 2 to 12, inclusive.Nev. Admin. Code § 706.543
Taxicab Auth., Gen. Order No. 3 Rule 501, eff. 4-18-71; A 8-16-78-NAC A 10-13-88; R064-02, 7-31-2002; A by R003-16A, eff. 12/21/2016Section 1.7 of Senate Bill No. 376, chapter 447, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 2596 (NRS 706.88181).