Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1.
Designation.
To be designated by the commissioner as a third-party testing
program, an entity must meet one of the program categories specified in this
part.
Subp. 2.
Motor
carrier.
A third-party testing program that is a motor carrier
must:
A. be registered as a business
with the secretary of state;
B. own
or lease, and operate, its own commercial motor vehicles;
C. administer commercial driver's license
road tests and any necessary endorsement tests to operate the commercial motor
vehicles; and
D. administer tests
only to employees of the business.
Subp. 3.
School bus company.
A third-party testing program that is a school bus company
must:
A. be registered as a business
with the secretary of state;
B. own
or lease, and operate, its own school buses;
C. administer road tests and any necessary
endorsement tests to operate the school buses; and
D. administer tests only to employees of the
company.
Subp. 4.
Postsecondary school.
A third-party testing program that is a postsecondary school
must:
A. be a public institution
regulated by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools under
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D, or be a public institution regulated by the
board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities;
B. own or lease its own vehicles used for
testing, or contract to operate government-owned vehicles;
C. offer courses in operating commercial
motor vehicles or motorcycles;
D.
administer commercial driver's license road and endorsement tests or motorcycle
endorsement skills tests; and
E.
administer tests only to students enrolled full time who complete courses
offered by the institution.
Subp.
5.
School district.
A third-party testing program that is a school district
must:
A. own or lease, and operate,
its own school buses;
B. administer
road tests and any necessary endorsement tests to operate a school bus;
and
C. unless a bilateral agreement
has been approved by the commissioner under part
7410.6460, administer tests only
to employees of the district.
Subp.
6.
Motorcycle safety course.
A third-party testing program that is a motorcycle safety
course must:
A. be licensed as a
commercial driver's education program under chapter 7411;
B. be registered as a business with the
secretary of state or have a tax identification number as a nonprofit
organization;
C. own or lease its
own motorcycles used for testing, or contract to operate government-owned
motorcycles;
D. administer skills
tests and any necessary endorsement tests to operate a motorcycle;
and
E. administer tests only to
students 18 years of age and older who are enrolled full time in the program's
motorcycle course and who complete the course.
Subp. 7.
Public transit
authority.
A third-party testing program that is a public transit
authority must:
A. own and operate its
own commercial passenger buses;
B.
administer road tests and any necessary endorsement tests to operate a bus;
and
C. administer tests only to
employees of the authority.
Statutory Authority: MS s
299A.01
