Oklahoma § 47-1019 - Driver applications – Background check - Updates

§ 47-1019. Driver applications – Background check - Updates

A. Prior to permitting an individual to act as a transportation

network company driver on its digital network, the TNC shall:

1. Require the individual to submit an application to the TNC,

which includes information regarding his or her address, age, driver

license, driving history, motor vehicle registration, automobile

liability insurance, and other information required by the TNC;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles

2. Conduct, or have a third party conduct, a local and national

criminal background check for each applicant that shall include a

check of:

a.

the Multi-State/Multi-Jurisdictional Criminal Records

Locator or other similar commercial nationwide

database with validation through a primary source

search, and

b.

the National Sex Offender Registry database; and

3. Obtain and review a driving history research report for such

individual.

B. TNCs shall not permit an individual to act as a TNC driver

on its digital network who:

1. Has had more than three moving violations in the prior

three-year period, or one major violation, including but not limited

to attempting to evade the police, reckless driving, or driving on a

suspended or revoked license, in the prior three-year period;

2. Has been convicted, within the past seven (7) years, of

driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, fraud, sexual

offenses, use of a motor vehicle to commit a felony, a crime

involving property damage, theft, acts of violence, or acts of

terror;

3. Is a match in the National Sex Offender Registry database;

4. Does not possess a valid driver license;

5. Does not possess current proof of motor vehicle registration

for the motor vehicle(s) used to provide prearranged rides;

6. Does not possess proof of the automobile liability insurance

required by law or rule for the motor vehicle(s) used to provide

prearranged rides; or

7. Is not at least nineteen (19) years of age.

C. TNCs shall implement a procedure for periodic information

updates for each TNC driver's vehicle(s) and motor vehicle insurance

and for rechecks of each TNC driver for the criminal background and

driving record information required by paragraph A of this section

to ensure continued compliance by each driver with the requirements

of paragraph B of this section.

Added by Laws 2015, c. 279, § 10, eff. July 1, 2015.