Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
Applicability. The licensing regulations found in 49 C.F.R., Parts
380, 383 and 391, as adopted in OAC
260:135-5-142 are applicable to
all applicants for Class A, B, and C commercial driver licenses.
(b)
Terminology substitutions.
Unless otherwise specified, the following terminology shall apply to federal
rules adopted by reference in OAC
260:135-5-142:
(1) "Service Oklahoma" shall be substituted
wherever the term "Department of Public Safety", "Department of Transportation"
or "Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration" is used.
(2) "Director of Service Oklahoma" shall be
substituted wherever the term "Commissioner of Public Safety", "Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administrator" or "Regional Director" is
used.
(c)
Limitations to scope of definitions. The definitions provided in
(b) of this Section are limited in application to 47 O.S. §
6-101 et seq. and the rules
adopted by Service Oklahoma to carry out the provisions of those statutes.
These definitions do not alter, replace, or change any definitions contained in
Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
(d)
Additional qualification of all
classes of commercial drivers. The following additions are made to the
federal requirement in Qualifications of Drivers [49 CFR §
391.11(b)(1)] that a driver
be twenty-one (21) years of age or older:
(1)
A driver operating solely in intrastate commerce shall be at least eighteen
(18) years of age; and
(2) Any
person who is not at least twenty-one (21) years old shall not be licensed for:
(A) the transportation of hazardous materials
which are required to be placarded or marked in accordance with
49 CFR §
177.823, or
(B) transporting fifteen (15) or more
passengers; provided, this subparagraph shall not apply to school bus drivers
as provided in OAC 210:30-5.
(e)
Additional qualifications for
non-excepted commercial drivers. The following additions are made to the
federal requirement in Commercial Driver's License Standards; Requirements and
Penalties [49 CFR § 384] relating to medical examiner's
certificate:
(1) A non-excepted commercial
driver operating solely in intrastate commerce shall meet the same
qualifications as a driver operating in interstate commerce. A driver that
certifies that he or she operates as a non-excepted interstate driver must have
a current medical examiner certificate.
(2) A current medical examiner's certificate,
including any variance if applicable, shall be delivered to Service Oklahoma by
the driver:
(A) by mail to: Service Oklahoma;
P.O. Box 11415, Oklahoma City, OK 73136;
(B) by fax to the fax number listed on the
Service Oklahoma website at service.ok.gov
(C) by e-mail to:
mec@service.ok.gov
(D) in person
to: Service Oklahoma headquarters or any Service Oklahoma Examination
Site
(3) Service Oklahoma
may date stamp the medical examiner's certificate and return a copy, along with
the variance if applicable, as a receipt to the driver; and the driver shall
keep the copy of the medical examiner's certificate, and any variance if
applicable, in his or her possession at all times when operating a commercial
motor vehicle.
(4) Changes to the
status of any driver from non-excepted status to excepted status or from
excepted status to non-excepted status shall be made in writing to Service
Oklahoma by the driver, using one of the delivery methods described in
paragraph (2).
