Alaska Administrative Code
Title 2 - Administration
Chapter 90 - Driver Licensing and Safety Responsibility
Article 4 - Classified Driver's Licenses
2 AAC 90.210 - Classes of licenses; endorsements
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) An applicant for a classified license, or for an endorsement to a classified license, must pass an examination appropriate to the class of license or endorsement for which the person is applying. A person may not, at any time, have more than one driver's license, including a license issued by another jurisdiction.
(b) The classification of driver's licenses, and the class of license that is required to operate a motor vehicle, is
(c) To operate a school bus transporting school children, or a bus transporting school children to or from a public school for classroom studies, a person must have a valid driver's license to operate the size and type of vehicle being driven, and a valid school bus driver endorsement issued under AS 28.15.046 and 2 AAC 90.010. A school bus driver endorsement is the endorsement required under (e) of this section for the operator of a commercial motor vehicle that is a school bus.
(d) A holder of a classified license who wishes to change the classification on the license, or to obtain an additional endorsement for another class of license must
(e) In addition to a driver's license issued under (b) of this section, an operator of a commercial motor vehicle must obtain an endorsement on a Class A/CDL, Class B/CDL, or Class C/CDL license to operate the following vehicles:
(f) In order to obtain an endorsement under (e) of this section, an operator of a commercial motor vehicle must take and pass a
(g) A person may not operate a commercial motor vehicle in this state unless the person has a valid commercial driver's license for the size and type of vehicle being operated. A person may not operate a commercial motor vehicle if the person's noncommercial motor vehicle privilege to drive is suspended, revoked, cancelled, or denied.
(h) A commercial driver's license issued to a person who is under 21 years of age is restricted to intrastate operation.
(i) If an applicant seeks a commercial driver's license or an upgrade in class of a commercial driver's license, and if a skills test is required for the license or upgrade under AS 28, under a federal provision adopted by reference in 2 AAC 90.250, or under another provision of this chapter, the applicant must first obtain a commercial instruction permit for the class of license sought.
(j) If a person holds a commercial instruction permit with an endorsement to operate a school bus, the department will add a no-passenger restriction to the commercial instruction permit.
(k) If a person holds a commercial instruction permit with an endorsement to operate a tank vehicle, the department will add a restriction to the commercial instruction permit that the tank vehicle be empty and purged if the tank vehicle previously contained hazardous materials.
(l) If a person holds a commercial instruction permit with an endorsement to operate a vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver, the department will add a no-passenger restriction to the commercial instruction permit.
(m) An applicant for any class of commercial driver's license must pass concurrently all portions of the skills test required for that class under AS 28, under a federal provision adopted by reference in 2 AAC 90.250, or under another provision of this chapter. The skills test must be administered and successfully completed in the following order: Pre-trip inspection, basic vehicle control skills, on-road skills. If an applicant fails one segment of the skills test, the applicant may not continue to the next segment of testing. Scores for successfully completed segments of testing are only valid during initial issuance of the commercial instruction permit. If the commercial instruction permit is renewed, all three segments of the skills test must be retaken and successfully completed.
(n) A class M1 or M3 license added in combination with a commercial driver's license of any class, or in combination with a non-commercial class D, must retain the expiration date of the commercial or non-commercial class unless the license is eligible for renewal at the time the M1 or M3 is added. A class M2 license expires 90 days after the holder of the class M2 license turns 16 years of age.
Authority:AS 28.05.011
AS 28.15.041
AS 28.15.046
AS 28.15.101
AS 28.33.100