WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(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;

(2)  WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL'S DRIVER'S LICENSE IS
SUSPENDED, REVOKED, OR CANCELED IN THIS STATE OR ANY OTHER STATE;
OR

(3)  WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL HOLDS A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
LICENSE OR DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED BY ANY OTHER JURISDICTION,
UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL SURRENDERS THAT LICENSE FOR RETURN TO THE
ISSUING JURISDICTION FOR CANCELLATION.

(E)  (1) A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S INSTRUCTIONAL PERMIT MAY BE
ISSUED FOR THE CLASS OF COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLIED FOR
ONLY TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS PASSED THE APPROPRIATE KNOWLEDGE
AND VISION SCREENING TESTS.

(2) THE HOLDER OF A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S INSTRUCTIONAL
PERMIT MAY DRIVE A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY ONLY
WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL IS ACCOMPANIED BY AND UNDER THE IMMEDIATE
SUPERVISION OF THE HOLDER OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE VALID FOR THE
TYPE OF VEHICLE DRIVEN, IF THE ACCOMPANYING DRIVER:

(I) IS AT LEAST 21 YEARS OLD; AND

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