The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Bus or motorbus means a motor vehicle for carrying of passengers with a seating capacity of at least eight persons, not including the driver, and traveling a prescribed route, and carrying or accepting passengers for hire, but shall not include funeral cars or ambulances.

Driver means one who actually engages in the driving of a vehicle for hire.

Limousine means a full-size motor vehicle (automobile) with an extended wheel base and which has a passenger compartment that can be sealed from the driver's compartment, with a seating capacity for at least six persons, not including the driver, not traveling any definite or prescribed route, and operated by a driver.

Livery vehicle means an equine-type animal-drawn public passenger vehicle with driver furnished, and carrying or accepting passengers for hire.

Operator means a person engaged in business as an operator of a vehicle for hire.

Paratransit means a service provided for individuals with disabilities who are unable to use fixed route systems.

Seating capacity means the number of persons, not including the driver, who can be conveniently seated in a vehicle for hire without overdue crowding.

Stretcher transport means a service providing nonemergency transport by stretcher from licensed nursing home facilities to license hospitals, clinics, doctor offices, hospice facilities, or home health care, or from licensed hospitals, clinics, doctor offices, hospice facilities, or home health care to licensed nursing homes when the person being transported presents written proof authorizing the transport signed by the attending physician, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse, or when authorized by written standing orders.

Taxicab means a motor vehicle for carrying passengers, with a seating capacity for seven persons or less, not including the driver, not traveling any definite or prescribed route, operated by a driver, and carrying or accepting passengers for hire, but shall not include funeral cars or ambulances.

Taximeter means any instrument or device attached to a taxicab, and designed or intended to measure mechanically the distance traveled by such taxicab, to record the time such taxicab is in waiting, and to indicate upon such record by figures or designs the fare to be charged in dollars and cents.

Vehicle for hire means any vehicle licensed under this chapter, including, but not limited to, bus or motorbus, taxicab, wheelchair transport, limousine, and livery vehicle.

Wheelchair, paratransit, and stretcher transport means a motor vehicle for carrying wheelchair, paratransit, and stretcher passengers and their accompanying guests or care givers, with a seating capacity for 12 persons or less, not including the driver, not traveling any definite or prescribed route, operated by a driver, and carrying or accepting wheelchair, paratransit, or stretcher passengers and their accompanying guests or care givers for hire, but shall not include licensed ambulance services. Such vehicles shall be equipped with straps to secure wheelchairs and stretchers and in the case of stretchers arranged so that the head of the passenger is visible to the driver.

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