Requisites for a Drivers Permit as per Section 1103C (2):
A. Be a legal resident
of the United States.
B. Be clean in dress and person.
C. Be free of any disease, condition, infirmity, or
addiction that might render the applicant
unable to safely operate a motor vehicle or that otherwise poses a risk
to public health and
safety.
D. Hold a valid California driver's license of a class sufficient for the
lawful operation of the
motor vehicle to be driven.
E. Have the physical capacity to operate a motor vehicle
for at least four hours per day.
F. Have no prior convictions of a crime that would, in the judgment of the SFMTA,
present a
risk to public safety if the permit is granted, including but not limited to convictions involving
sexual assault, the use of a vehicle in the commission of a felony, fraud, violence against a
person, reckless
disregard for public safety, two or more recent convictions of drug-related
offenses, or two or more recent convictions
of driving under the influence within the previous
five years, whether or not such convictions occurred while driving
a Motor Vehicle for Hire.
G. Have attained the age of 21.
H. Speak, read and write the English language.
Step 1 Go to SFMTA Taxi Section
for New Driver Screening, One South Van Ness 7th Floor,
(Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday
9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. or 2:00 p.m.-4:00p.m.)
Step 2 Obtain a five year printout of your driving
record from the Department of Motor
Vehicles. (Note: Printout must be dated within 30 days of the application)
Step 3 Obtain a "Passport Size" color or black and white, full face photograph. (NOTE:
Absolutely no large photos, do not wear a hat, scarf, or sunglasses)
YOU
WILL GET YOUR PASSPORT PHOTO IN CLASS
Step 4 Go
to SFPD Hall of Justice, Room 458 to get a Police Background
Check/Fingerprinting.
($82.00)
Step 5 Attend Taxi Training at a Certified Taxi School/Obtain Taxi Training Certificate.
Step 6 Bring all of the above to the SFMTA Taxi Section, One South Van Ness 7th Floor,
(Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday
9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. or 2:00 p.m.-4:00p.m.) to submit an
application for Driver Public Vehicle for Hire permit. Money
order for ($135.50)
CLASSES ARE HELD ON THURSDAY
You will be scheduled for taxicab class on Thursday of the
same week if you apply on
Tuesday or Wednesday or the following Thursday if you apply on a Thursday. Upon
completion
of the class and passing of the test, a temporary permit is issued. Once the
temporary permit is issued, you may begin
to work as a San Francisco taxicab driver. In
eight weeks you can pick up your permanent A-Card from the Tax Collectors
office, City Hall
Room 110.
