WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 291

(E) WITHIN 30 10 DAYS AFTER ISSUING A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
LICENSE, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMERCIAL DRIVER
LICENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM OF THAT FACT, PROVIDING ALL
INFORMATION REQUIRED TO ENSURE THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE
LICENSEE.

16-812.

(A)  THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL DISQUALIFY ANY INDIVIDUAL FROM
DRIVING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE FOR A PERIOD OF 1 YEAR IF:

(1)  THE INDIVIDUAL IS CONVICTED OF COMMITTING ANY OF
THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES WHILE DRIVING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE:

(I)  DRIVING IN VIOLATION OF § 21-902 OF THIS
ARTICLE;

(II)  DRIVING IN VIOLATION OF A FEDERAL LAW OR
ANY OTHER STATE'S LAW WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR IN NATURE TO
THE PROVISIONS IN § 21-902 OF THIS ARTICLE;

(III)  LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT WHICH
REQUIRES DISQUALIFICATION AS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION; OR

(IV)  A CRIME, OTHER THAN A CRIME DESCRIBED IN
SUBPARAGRAPH SUBSECTION (E) OF THIS SECTION, THAT IS PUNISHABLE
BY DEATH OR IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM EXCEEDING 1 YEAR; OR

(2)  THE INDIVIDUAL, WHILE DRIVING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR
VEHICLE, REFUSES TO UNDERGO TESTING AS PROVIDED IN § 16-205.1 OF
THIS TITLE OR AS IS REQUIRED BY ANY OTHER STATE'S LAW OR BY
FEDERAL LAW IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF 49 CFR § 383.51(B)(2)(I)(A) OR
(B), OR 49 CFR § 392.5(A)(2).

(B)  IF ANY OF THE OFFENSES IN SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION OCCURRED WHILE TRANSPORTING A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL REQUIRED
TO BE PLACARDED, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL DISQUALIFY THE
INDIVIDUAL FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS.

(C)  THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL DISQUALIFY ANY PERSON FROM
DRIVING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE FOR LIFE FOR 2 OR MORE
VIOLATIONS OF ANY OF THE OFFENSES SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTIONS (A) OR
(B) OF THIS SECTION, OR ANY COMBINATION OF THOSE OFFENSES,
ARISING FROM 2 OR MORE SEPARATE INCIDENTS.

(D)  THE ADMINISTRATION MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING
GUIDELINES, INCLUDING CONDITIONS, UNDER WHICH A DISQUALIFICATION
FOR LIFE MAY BE REDUCED TO A PERIOD OF TIME WHICH MAY BE
PERMITTED BY FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

(E)  THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL DISQUALIFY ANY PERSON FROM
DRIVING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE FOR LIFE WHO USES A COMMERCIAL

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