WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 158

1. WAS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO OPERATE AND OPERATED A
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE IN INTRASTATE COMMERCE ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1,
1992;

2. OPERATES WHOLLY WITHIN THIS STATE; AND

3. HAS A MENTAL OR PHYSICAL CONDITION WHICH WOULD
DISQUALIFY THE PERSON UNDER THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS
AND:

A. THE CONDITION EXISTED ON OCTOBER 1, 1992 OR AT THE
TIME OF THE FIRST PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AFTER THAT DATE TO WHICH THE PERSON
SUBMITTED AS REQUIRED BY REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION UNDER
SUBSECTION (J) OF THIS SECTION; AND

B. A PHYSICIAN WHO HAS EXAMINED THE PERSON HAS
DETERMINED THAT THE CONDITION HAS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY WORSENED SINCE
OCTOBER 1, 1992 OR THE TIME OF THE FIRST REQUIRED PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AFTER
THAT DATE.

(2) Nothing contained in this subsection limits regulation of the qualifications or
hours of service of a driver of a vehicle:

(i) In interstate commerce;

(ii) Transporting hazardous materials of a type and Quantity requiring
placarding under federal hazardous materials regulations; or

(iii) Designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver.

(J) FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBSECTION (I) OF THIS SECTION, THE
ADMINISTRATION SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS REQUIRING PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
FOR INTRASTATE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted.

Approved April 26, 1993.

CHAPTER 158
(House Bill 452)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Historical Trust - Archaeological Historic Property

FOR the purpose of repealing a certain termination date applicable to the establishment

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