Sec. 220.201. - Investigation of applicants; criteria for evaluation of services.

(a) Before an individual is authorized to operate a vehicle for hire: 1. The individual must submit an application to the vehicle for hire business which includes information regarding his or her address, age, driver license, motor vehicle registration, and other information required by the vehicle for hire business; 2. The vehicle for hire business must conduct, or have a third party conduct, a local and national criminal background check that includes: a. A search of the Multi-State/Multi-Jurisdiction Criminal Records Locator or other similar commercial nationwide database with validation of any records through primary source search; and b. A search of the National Sex Offender Public Website maintained by the United States Department of Justice; and 3. The vehicle for hire business must obtain and review, or have a third party obtain and review, a driving history research report for the applicant. (b) The vehicle for hire business shall conduct the background check required by this Part for a vehicle for hire driver every three years. (c) The vehicle for hire business may not authorize an individual to act as a vehicle for hire driver if the driving history research report conducted reveals that the individual has had more than three moving violations in the prior three-year period. (d) The vehicle for hire business may not authorize an individual to act as a vehicle for hire driver if the background check conducted reveals that the individual: 1. Has been convicted, within the past five years, of: a. A felony; b. A misdemeanor for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, for reckless driving, for hit and run, or for fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer; or c. A misdemeanor for a violent offense or sexual battery, or a crime of lewdness or indecent exposure under F.S. Chapter 800; 2. Has been convicted, within the past three years, of driving with a suspended or revoked license; 3. Is a match in the National Sex Offender Public Website maintained by the United States Department of Justice; 4. Does not possess a valid driver license; or 5. Does not possess proof of registration for the motor vehicle used to provide prearranged rides. (Ord. 2019-183-E , § 2)