Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) The
endorsements to a commercial driver's license shall be as follows:
(a) T - Double/Triple trailers. Any
combination of a truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer coupled together so as
to operate a complete unit, except, triple trailers are not permitted in
Florida;
(b) P - Passengers.
Passenger vehicle means a motor vehicle designed to transport more than 15
persons, including the driver, or a school bus designed to transport more than
15 persons, including the driver.
(c) N - Tank Vehicles. Means a commercial
motor vehicle with a permanent or temporary attached tank designed to transport
liquid or gaseous materials and with a rated capacity of one thousand gallons
or more.
(d) H - Hazardous
materials. Hazardous material that is required to be placarded in accordance
with Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 172, Subpart F;
(e) X - Combination tank vehicles and
placarded hazardous materials;
(f)
S - School Bus. Means a motor vehicle that is designed to transport more than
15 persons, including the driver, and that is used to transport students to and
from a public or private school or in connection with school activities, but
does not include a bus operated by a common carrier in the urban transportation
of school children. The term "school" includes all preelementary, elementary,
secondary, and postsecondary schools. To obtain a school bus endorsement the
applicant must pass the school bus endorsement knowledge exam, in addition to
other CDL knowledge exams applicable to passenger vehicles, and complete the
3-part skills test in a school bus equivalent to the classification of license
that will be issued.
(2)
If a driver's towing operations are restricted to emergency "first moves" from
the site of a malfunction or traffic crash to the nearest appropriate repair
facility, then no CDL endorsement of any kind is required.
(3) If a driver's towing operations include
any "subsequent moves" from one repair or disposal facility to another, then
endorsements requisite to the vehicles being towed are required. Exception: Tow
truck operators need not obtain a passenger endorsement.
(4) No person shall operate upon the highways
of this state any commercial motor vehicle which requires a specific
endorsement unless such person possesses a valid commercial driver's license
with such endorsement.
Rulemaking Authority 322.02(6) FS. Law Implemented
316.003(71), 322.01(17), 322.14(1)(b), 322.121(7), (8), 322.21(1)(e), 322.57
FS.
New 4-7-91, Amended
2-26-09.
