75 Pa.C.S. § 1607 Commercial Driver's License Qualification Standards

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 23-35
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 75 Pa.C.S. § 1607

(a) Testing.--

(1) The Commonwealth shall offer one knowledge test to all commercial driver's license holders until April 1, 1992, for each class and for each endorsement for driving a commercial motor vehicle which complies with minimum standards established by Federal regulation and all other requirements of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 ( Public Law 99-570, 49 U.S.C. App. § 2701 et seq.). This subsection shall not apply to an applicant for a commercial driver learner's permit.

(2) No person shall be issued a commercial driver's license unless the person is a resident of this Commonwealth and has passed a knowledge and skills test for driving a commercial motor vehicle which complies with minimum standards established by Federal regulation, all other requirements of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 and other requirements imposed under Federal regulation which are published by the department as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The department shall publish the content of the driving examination for the commercial driver's license as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The tests shall be offered by the department or its agents.

(3) The department may authorize a person, including an agency of this or another state, an employer, a private institution, association or driver training school, or a department, agency or instrumentality of local government to administer the skills test specified by this section, provided:

(i) The test is the same as that which would otherwise be administered by the department.

(ii) The third party has entered into an agreement with the department.

(4) Repealed by 1992, April 16, P.L. 169, No. 31, § 3, effective in 60 days.

(5) As a result of this section, no layoffs shall occur in the classification known as Driver's License Examiner.

(6) The department shall provide applicants for commercial driver's licenses with the choice of selecting a knowledge test administered in either a written or an oral format:

(i) The department shall administer the knowledge tests in both the English and Spanish languages.

(ii) An applicant requesting the oral or Spanish version of the knowledge test must schedule for the examination at a testing site authorized by the department.

(iii) The department shall offer alternate testing formats to avoid discrimination against drivers with limited literacy or verbal comprehension skills.

(iv) The alternative of an oral version of the knowledge test shall not be available to persons seeking a hazardous materials endorsement on a commercial driver's license.