WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 291

(B) AN EMPLOYER MAY NOT KNOWINGLY ALLOW, PERMIT, OR
AUTHORIZE A DRIVER TO DRIVE A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE IN THE
UNITED STATES DURING ANY PERIOD:

(1)  IN WHICH THE DRIVER HAS A DRIVER'S LICENSE
SUSPENDED, REVOKED, OR CANCELED BY A STATE;

(2)   IN WHICH THE DRIVER HAS BEEN DISQUALIFIED FROM
DRIVING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE; OR

(3)  IN WHICH THE DRIVER HAS MORE THAN 1 DRIVER'S
LICENSE.

16-807.

(A)  EXCEPT WHEN DRIVING UNDER A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
INSTRUCTIONAL PERMIT AND ACCOMPANIED BY THE HOLDER OF A DRIVER'S
LICENSE VALID FOR THE CLASS OF VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN, AN
INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT DRIVE A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE UNLESS THE
INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN IMMEDIATE POSSESSION OF A
DRIVER'S LICENSE VALID FOR THE CLASS OF VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN.

(B)  (1) AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT BE ISSUED A COMMERCIAL
DRIVER'S LICENSE UNTIL THE INDIVIDUAL HAS PASSED THE KNOWLEDGE
AND SKILL TESTS FOR DRIVING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH
COMPLIES WITH THE MINIMUM FEDERAL STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE
FEDERAL COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT OF 1986 (TITLE XII OF
PUBLIC LAW 99-570), AND HAS SATISFIED ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF
THAT ACT AS WELL AS ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE.

(2)  THE TESTS SHALL BE PRESCRIBED AND CONDUCTED AT
THE DIRECTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION.

(3)  THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS TO
WAIVE THE SKILL TEST REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH 49 CFR § 383.77.

(C)  A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE MAY BE ISSUED ONLY TO:

(1)  AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DRIVES OR WILL DRIVE A
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE AND WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE; AND

(2)  THOSE NONRESIDENTS WHO MAY QUALIFY UNDER § 16-817
OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(D)  A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE MAY NOT BE ISSUED TO AN
INDIVIDUAL:

(1) WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL IS DISQUALIFIED FROM DRIVING
A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE;

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