Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Subtitle 17 - MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION-DRIVER LICENSING AND IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Chapter 11.17.14 - Driver Knowledge and Skills Tests
Section 11.17.14.06 - Administration of Commercial Driver's License Knowledge Tests

Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 11.17.14.06

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 6, March 22, 2024

A. The Administration may offer Maryland commercial driver's license knowledge tests in written, electronic, or alternative formats.

B. An applicant also shall be required to demonstrate the ability to read and understand highway signs regulating, warning, and directing traffic in English.

C. The passing score on all commercial driver's license knowledge tests is 80 percent.

D. The Administration shall offer the commercial driver's license hazardous material knowledge test in a written or electronic format only and only in the English language.

E. An applicant for a school vehicle endorsement, and an applicant surrendering a valid commercial driver's license with a school vehicle endorsement issued by another state, for a Maryland commercial driver's license, shall pass the commercial driver's license knowledge tests for:

(1) Passenger transport; and

(2) School vehicles.

F. In addition to taking and passing the commercial driver's knowledge tests, an individual shall take and pass specialized tests to qualify for an endorsement to operate the following types of vehicles:

(1) Double or triple trailers;

(2) Passenger vehicles;

(3) Tank vehicles;

(4) Vehicles transporting hazardous materials as defined in 49 CFR § 383.5; and

(5) School vehicles.

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