Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
A letter of application for a waiver under part
8850.7200 must contain:
A. the name and address of the applicant,
including:
(1) the name and complete address
of the carrier coapplicant;
(2) the
name and complete address of the driver applicant; and
(3) a description of the driver applicant's
limb impairment for which a waiver is requested;
B. a description of the type of operation the
driver will be employed to perform, including:
(1) the average period of time the driver
will be driving and on duty, per day;
(2) the type of commodities or cargo to be
transported; and
(3) whether the
driver operation is conducted as a sleeper team, relay, owner operator, or
otherwise;
C. the number
of years the driver has operated the type of vehicle for which a waiver is
requested and the total years of experience operating all types of motor
vehicles;
D. a description of the
vehicle that the driver applicant intends to drive, including:
(1) the truck or truck tractor make, model,
and year;
(2) the drive train,
including:
(a) whether the transmission type
is automatic or manual and, if manual, the number of forward speeds;
(b) auxiliary transmission, if any, and
number of forward speeds; and
(c)
rear axle designation, whether single speed, two speed, or three
speed;
(3) the type of
brake system;
(4) the steering,
whether manual or power assisted;
(5) a description of type of trailers, such
as van, flatbed, cargo tank, drop frame, lowboy, or pole;
(6) the number of semitrailers or full
trailers to be towed at one time; and
(7) a description of any vehicle modification
made for the driver applicant and a photograph of the modification;
E. a certification that the driver
is otherwise qualified, as follows:
(1)
certification by the coapplicant carrier that the driver applicant is otherwise
qualified under part
8850.7100; and
(2) in the case of a driver applicant,
certification by the driver applicant that the applicant is otherwise qualified
under part
8850.7100; and
F. the signature of the applicant
as follows:
(1) the driver applicant's
signature and date signed; and
(2)
if the application has a coapplicant, the carrier official's signature, the
official's title, and the date signed. The official who signs the application
must be a responsible official of the carrier.
Statutory Authority: MS s
221.031;
221.141
