N.J. Admin. Code § 13:21-26.9

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 13:21-26.9 - Issuance, display, and return of credential placards

(a) The Chief Administrator shall design a uniform credential placard template, as set forth at N.J.A.C. 13:21-26 Appendix, incorporated herein by reference. A TNC or its third-party designee shall create credential placards in a minimum size of four inches by six inches conforming to the template for each driver, which shall include the following information:

1. The first name of the driver, which name must be identical to the driver's name as it appears on the TNC's digital network and mobile application;

2. A high resolution, color picture of the driver, which picture must be identical to the driver's picture as it appears on the TNC's digital network and mobile application;

3. The license plate number of each the personal vehicle associated with the driver and the state that issued the license plate, for each vehicle used by a driver while logged on to the TNC's digital network as a driver;

4. The name of the TNC issuing the credential placard; and

5. As an option, the two-dimensional barcode or other machine-readable code or image required at N.J.A.C. 13:21-26.8.

(b) A TNC shall issue two credential placards to every driver for each vehicle used by the driver when logged on to the TNC's digital network as a driver, which shall be displayed by the driver in accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:5H-23.d, on the driver and passenger side rear windows of the driver's personal vehicle, clearly legible, and if the credential placard contains the barcode required by N.J.S.A. 39:5H-23.c and N.J.A.C. 13:21-26.8, the barcode shall be scannable by the rider from the exterior of the vehicle while the driver is logged on to the TNC's digital network as a driver or is providing a prearranged ride.

(c) The credential placards must be legible, and if the credential placard contains the barcode required by N.J.S.A. 39:5H-23.c and N.J.A.C. 13:21-26.8, the barcode must be scannable, and a driver shall not allow the credential placards on the driver's vehicle to be obstructed at any time when the driver is logged on to the TNC's digital network as a driver or when the driver is providing a prearranged ride.

(d) The credential placards may be removable, but no driver shall log on to the TNC's digital network as a driver or provide a prearranged ride in their personal vehicle as a driver without displaying the credential placards in accordance with this section.

(e) A driver shall return all copies of the credential placards to the TNC within 30 days of the date that the driver notifies the TNC that the driver is terminating status as a driver, or within 24 hours, if the driver's status is terminated by the TNC, and shall not provide prearranged rides using the TNC's digital network.

(f) The TNC shall notify the driver of this requirement to return all copies of the credential placard and the timeframe in which the driver is to return them within 15 days after the date a driver notifies the TNC that the driver is terminating status as a driver, or simultaneously with the notice of termination if the TNC terminates the driver.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:21-26.9

Special new rule, R.2020 d.002, effective 11/26/2019 (to expire November 26, 2020).
See: 52 N.J.R. 65(a).
Readoption of special new rule, R.2020 d.126, effective 10/30/2020.
See: 52 N.J.R. 1402(a), 52 N.J.R. 2124(a).
In (a)3, inserted "for each vehicle used by a driver while logged on to the TNC's digital network as a driver"; in (b), inserted "for each vehicle used by the driver when logged on to the TNC's digital network as a driver," and "if the credential placard contains the barcode required by N.J.S.A. 39:5H-23.c and N.J.A.C. 13:21-26.8,"; and in (c), inserted "if the credential placard contains the barcode required by N.J.S.A. 39:5H-23.c and N.J.A.C. 13:21-268, the barcode must be".