§ 20-108. Grounds for denial.

(a)

The Director may refuse to issue or renew a taxicab or limousine driver's license to any applicant who is not of good moral character, sound mind and good physical health, or otherwise not a fit person to be licensed, in consideration of the public health, safety, and welfare. In determining what factors may be hazardous to the public health, safety, and welfare, the Director shall consider any one or more of the following:

(1)

Repeated and persistent violations of the motor vehicle laws involving moving violations or a traffic record which indicates an unsafe driving pattern;

(2)

Suspension or revocation of a driver's license issued by a state, the District of Columbia, or a United States territory;

(3)

Conviction, or plea of guilty, or plea of nolo contendere to the violation of any law, any sex offense, any alcohol offense, or the illegal use, sale, or possession of a controlled dangerous substance, any gambling offense, any use of a firearm or offense involving physical violence, or any solicitation for prostitution;

(4)

If the applicant is on parole or probation for a criminal or traffic offense;

(5)

If the applicant has, within three years immediately preceding the date of application, been released from any penal or correctional institution;

(6)

Whether or not the applicant is covered by diplomatic immunity;

(7)

Whether or not the applicant has had a driver's permit, public vehicle transportation license or certificate revoked in this or any other jurisdiction;

(8)

If the applicant has made a false statement to any material question upon any form required by the Director or attempts to procure or possess a license by fraud, misrepresentation, misleading statements, evasion, or suppression of material facts;

(9)

If the applicant is an amputee or is subject to any other infirmity of the body or mind which, in the determination of the Health Department or a qualified medical doctor licensed in the State of Maryland, might render the applicant unfit for the safe operation of a vehicle;

(10)

If the applicant has any outstanding fines or citations issued under a previous taxicab license or certificate which are not already under appeal and which remain unpaid.

(b)

The above factors are not to be considered the exclusive test of qualifications. The Director is empowered to consider other relevant facts which may bear on the fitness of the applicant.

(CB-54-1974; CB-49-2000; CB-36-2010; CB-9-2016)