WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(E) IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN
SUBSECTIONS (A), (B), AND (C) OF THIS SECTION, AN OPERATOR MUST
OBTAIN STATE-ISSUED ENDORSEMENTS OF AN OPERATOR'S COMMERCIAL
DRIVER'S LICENSE TO OPERATE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH ARE:

(1)  DOUBLE/TRIPLE TRAILERS;

(2)  VEHICLES DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT 16 OR MORE
PASSENGERS INCLUDING THE DRIVER (PASSENGER VEHICLES);

(3)  TANK VEHICLES; OR

(4)  REQUIRED TO BE PLACARDED FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
16-816.

(A)  AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT DRIVE A SCHOOL VEHICLE (SCHOOL
BUS) ON ANY HIGHWAY IN THIS STATE UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL:

(1)  PASSES THE REQUIRED AN APPROPRIATE MEDICAL

EXAMINATION; AND

(2)  HAS BEEN ISSUED:

(I)  A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ENDORSED
PASSENGER VEHICLE; OR

(II)  A CLASS A, B, OR C DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED
UNDER § 16-104 OF THIS ARTICLE AND WAS EMPLOYED AS A SCHOOL
VEHICLE DRIVER BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1990.

(B)  WITH THE ADVICE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
THE ADMINISTRATION MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE
QUALIFICATIONS OF SCHOOL VEHICLE DRIVERS.

16-817.

(A)  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (B), (C), AND (D) OF
THIS SECTION, THE ADMINISTRATION MAY NOT ISSUE A COMMERCIAL
DRIVER'S LICENSE OR A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S INSTRUCTIONAL PERMIT TO
ANY INDIVIDUAL:

(1)  WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT OF MARYLAND; AND

(2)  WHO IS NOT AT LEAST 21 YEARS OF AGE.

(B)  (1)     THE ADMINISTRATION MAY ISSUE A CLASS A, B, OR C
COMMERCIAL         DRIVER'S LICENSE OR A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
INSTRUCTIONAL   PERMIT TO AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE AGE OF 21, IF THE
INDIVIDUAL IS   AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE. THE LICENSE:

(I) MAY NOT INCLUDE A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
ENDORSEMENT;

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