# Public Utilities (GPU)

## Title 10. For-Hire Driving Services

### Subtitle 1. General Provisions

#### Section 10-104.2

(a) An applicant for a license issued in accordance with Sec. 10-103(b) of this subtitle or under Sec. 10-104, Sec. 10-104.1, or Sec. 10-106 of this subtitle shall include in the application documentation verifying that the applicant completed:

  (1) the U.S. Department of Transportation's Leaders Against Human Trafficking/Combating Human Trafficking in the Transportation Awareness Training; or

  (2) any nationally recognized human trafficking awareness training program.

(b) A human trafficking awareness training that an applicant completes under subsection (a) of this section must include information on how to:

  (1) recognize potential victims of human trafficking;

  (2) respond to an individual who may be or is a victim of human trafficking; and

  (3) report suspected incidents of human trafficking to appropriate authorities.

(c) A licensed taxicab driver or for-hire driver may not be held civilly or criminally liable for reporting or responding in good faith to a suspected incident of human trafficking.

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Md. Code Ann., Pub. Util. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)