§ 20-1526 Powered mobility devices.
AC § 20-1526
a. Any powered mobility device operated by a contracted delivery worker on behalf of a delivery service shall meet the requirements for a compliant delivery device. Any such powered mobility device shall be provided at the expense of such delivery service, provided such delivery service may permit a contracted delivery worker to make deliveries using a personal compliant delivery device, and provided further that such delivery service shall not require, as a term of employment or as a term of any contract, any of its contracted delivery workers to provide such a device at the expense of such worker. Failure by a contracted delivery worker to obtain a compliant delivery device at the expense of such worker shall not be the basis for the deactivation of such worker. b. Subdivision a of this section shall not apply to a delivery service that participates in a program to provide new powered mobility devices that meet the requirements for a compliant delivery device and are capable of performing contracted delivery work assigned by the delivery service, at reduced cost or no cost, to a contracted delivery worker who trades in an eligible device. Participation in such program shall include an annual contribution of 1,600 such powered mobility devices for any delivery service that retains at least 5,000 delivery workers, or it shall include an annual contribution of 500 such powered mobility devices for any delivery service that retains less than 5,000 delivery workers. Participation in such program shall also include targeted communications and dissemination of information regarding such program to contracted delivery workers retained by such service. Participation is deemed complete and the provisions of this subdivision are satisfied upon the provision of at least 8,000 such powered mobility devices for any delivery service that retains at least 5,000 delivery workers, or the provision of at least 2,500 such powered mobility devices for any delivery service that retains less than 5,000 delivery workers. A participating delivery service may include their contribution of such powered mobility devices to such program up to one year prior to the effective date of this local law toward the total number of such powered mobility devices contributed to such program for purposes of satisfying the provisions of this subdivision. c. Subdivision a of this section shall also not apply to a delivery service that participates in a subscription program or service that allows contracted delivery workers retained by such delivery service to have access to a compliant delivery device at reduced cost or no cost while delivering for such service. Participation by a delivery service is deemed complete and the provisions of this subdivision are satisfied upon the provision of at least 52 weeks of access to such subscription program or service for at least half of all contracted delivery workers retained by such service. (L.L. 2025/095, 7/30/2025, eff. 1/26/2026)
