Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
[Comment: For dates and availability of
material incorporated by reference in this rule, see paragraph (A) of rule
4501-47-01
of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
The registrar of motor vehicles shall waive the skills test for any applicant
for a commercial driver's license (CDL) who meets all of the following
requirements:
(1)
Meets the exemptions provided in
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C.F.R. 383.3(c) as active
duty military personnel; members of the military reserves; members of the
national guard on active duty, including personnel on full-time national guard
duty, personnel on part-time national guard training, and national guard
military technicians (civilians who are required to wear military uniforms);
and active duty U.S. coast guard personnel. This exception is not applicable to
U.S. reserve technicians.
(2) Certifies that, during the two-year
period immediately preceding application for a commercial driver's license, all
of the following apply:
(a) The applicant has
not had more than one license, excluding any military license;
(b) The applicant has not had any license
suspended, revoked, or canceled;
(c) The applicant has not had any convictions
for any type of motor vehicle for the offenses for which disqualification is
prescribed in section
4506.16 of the Revised
Code;
(d) The applicant has not had
more than one conviction for any type of motor vehicle for a serious traffic
violation; and,
(e) The applicant
has not had any violation of a state or local law relating to motor vehicle
traffic control other than a parking violation arising in connection with any
traffic accident and has no record of an accident in which the applicant was at
fault.
(3) The applicant
shall certify and also provide evidence of all of the following:
(a) That the applicant is or was regularly
employed in a military position requiring operation of a commercial motor
vehicle. In additional to the applicant's own certification, the applicant
shall provide evidence from the applicant's commanding officer or other
appropriate military official certifying the applicant's experience operating a
commercial motor vehicle and the type of commercial motor vehicle the applicant
operated;
(b) That the applicant
was exempt from the requirements of Chapter 4506. under division (B)(6) of
section 4506.03 of the Revised Code;
and,
(c) That, for at least two
years immediately preceding the date of application or at least two years
immediately preceding the date the applicant separated from military service or
employment, the applicant regularly operated a vehicle representative of the
commercial motor vehicle type that the applicant operates or expects to
operate.
(B)
As used in this rule, "skills test" means a test of an applicant's ability to
drive the type of commercial motor vehicle for which the applicant seeks a
commercial driver's license by having the applicant drive such a motor vehicle
while under the supervision of an authorized state driver's license examiner or
tester.
(C) Acceptable
documentation of military status or service shall include the applicant's
official military identification card, official DD-214 separation document, or
other official military document approved by the registrar of motor
vehicles.
(D) The bureau of motor
vehicles (BMV) shall track and monitor all applications for military waiver of
commercial driver's license skills tests through its business applications
service system (BASS). The registrar of motor vehicles shall prescribe the
information contained in BASS as necessary to track and monitor all
applications.
(E) The BMV shall
establish and maintain processes for prioritizing and expediting commercial
driver licensing applications for qualified military personnel, including
special accommodations for applicants subject to imminent deployment. The
processes shall include provisions for accepting necessary information in
support of the applications by electronic, telephonic, and any other
appropriate means.
