Except as provided in § 710.2 and § 710.3, no person shall engage in commercial collection and transportation of solid wastes by vehicle, in or through the District, without first having obtained a collector's license and a collection vehicle license for each vehicle so used.
Any non-profit religious, hospital, charitable, educational (where providing a student/teacher relationship), or scientific organization shall be exempt from the requirement of having a collector's license when engaged in the collection and transportation of solid waste generated exclusively by that organization, and shall be further exempt from the requirement contained in § 705.1.
Any collector who neither collects refuse (trash) nor operates a collection vehicle with a dumping mechanism shall be exempt from the requirement of having a collector's license issued by DCRA. This provision does not exempt such collectors from DPW registration requirements.
Any collection vehicle used in the collection of refuse (trash) shall be equipped with a dumping mechanism and shall have a valid collection vehicle license in accordance with § 710, § 711 and § 712.
Any solid waste collector who operates a vehicle used in the collection of refuse (trash) or operates a solid waste collection vehicle with a dumping mechanism shall have a valid solid waste collector license in accordance with § 710, § 711 and § 712.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 21, r. 21-710