South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 38 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Article 5 - STATE TRANSPORT POLICE REGULATIONS
Subarticle 1 - UNMANUFACTURED FOREST PRODUCTS TRUCKING REGULATIONS
Part 38-383 - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE STANDARDS; REQUIREMENTS AND PENALTIES
Subpart A - GENERAL
Section 38-383.5 - Definitions
As used in 38-382:
Administrator means the Federal Highway Administrator, the chief executive of the Federal Highway Administration, an agency within the Department of Transportation.
Alcohol or alcoholic beverage means: (a) Beer as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5052(a), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, (b) wine of not less than one half of one per centum of alcohol by volume, or (c) distilled spirits as defined in section 5002(a)(8), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
Alcohol concentration (AC) means the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood or breath. When expressed as a percentage it means grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath.
Alien means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
Commerce means
(a) any trade, traffic or transportation within the jurisdiction of the United States between a place in a State and a place outside of such State, including a place outside of the United States and
(b) trade, traffic, and transportation in the United States which affects any trade, traffic, and transportation described in paragraph (a) of this definition.
Commercial driver's license (CDL) means a license issued by a State or other jurisdiction, in accordance with the standards contained in 49 CFR part 383, to an individual which authorizes the individual to operate a class of a commercial motor vehicle.
Commercial driver's license information system (CDLIS) means the CDLIS established by FHWA pursuant to section 12007 of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986.
Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle
(a) Has a gross combination weight rating of 11,794 kilograms or more (26,001 pounds or more) inclusive of a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds); or
(b) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of 11,794 or more kilograms (26,001 pounds or more); or
(c) Is designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; or
(d) Is of any size and is used in the transportation of hazardous materials as defined in 38-383.
Controlled substance has the meaning such term has under section 102(6), of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802(6)) and includes all substances listed on schedules I through V of 21 CFR part 1308, as they may be revised from time to time. Schedule I substances are identified in appendix D of this regulation and schedules II through V are identified in appendix E of this regulation.
Conviction means an un-vacated adjudication of guilt, or a determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative tribunal, an un-vacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court, the payment of a fine or court cost, or violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether or not the penalty is rebated, suspended, or probated."
Disqualification means either:
(a) The suspension, revocation, cancellation, or any other withdrawal by a State of a person's privileges to drive a commercial motor vehicle; or
(b) A determination by the FHWA, under the rules of practice for motor carrier safety contained in part 386, that a person is no longer qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle under part 38-391; or
(c) The loss of qualification which automatically follows conviction of an offense listed in Regulation Regulation 38-383.51.
Driver applicant means an individual who applies to a State to obtain, transfer, upgrade, or renew a CDL.
Driver's license means a license issued by a State or other jurisdiction, to an individual which authorizes the individual to operate a motor vehicle on the highways.
Driving a commercial motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol means committing any one or more of the following acts in a CMV: driving a CMV while the person's alcohol concentration is 0.04 percent or more; driving under the influence of alcohol, as prescribed by State law; or refusal to undergo such testing as is required by any State or jurisdiction in the enforcement of Regulation Regulation 38-383.51(b)(2)(i)(A) or (B), or Regulation 38-392.5(a)(2).
Eligible unit of local government means a city, town, borough, county, parish, district, or other public body created by or pursuant to State law which has a total population of 3,000 individuals or less.
Employee means any operator of a commercial motor vehicle, including full time, regularly employed drivers; casual, intermittent or occasional drivers; leased drivers and independent, owner operator contractors (while in the course of operating a commercial motor vehicle) who are either directly employed by or under lease to an employer.
Employer means any person (including the United States, a State, District of Columbia or a political subdivision of a State) who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns employees to operate such a vehicle.
Endorsement means an authorization to an individual's CDL required to permit the individual to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles.
Fatality means the death of a person as a result of a motor vehicle accident.
Felony means an offense under State or Federal law that is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year.
Foreign means outside the fifty United States and the District of Columbia.
"Gross vehicle weight rating" means the actual weight or the value specified by the manufacturer as maximum loaded weight of a single or a combination vehicle or the registered gross weight, whichever is greater. The gross vehicle weight rating of a combination vehicle (commonly referred to as the "gross combination weight rating") is the gross vehicle weight rating of the power unit plus the gross vehicle weight rating of a towed unit. South Carolina Code of Laws Section 56-1-2030.
Hazardous materials means any material that has been designated as hazardous under 49 U.S.C. 5103 and is required to be placarded under subpart F of 49 CFR part 172 or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin in 42 CFR part 73.
Motor vehicle means a vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power used on highways, except that such term does not include a vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, semitrailer operated exclusively on a rail.
Nonresident CDL means a CDL issued by a State to an individual domiciled in a foreign country.
Out of service order means a declaration by an authorized enforcement officer of a Federal, State, Canadian, Mexican, or local jurisdiction that a driver, a commercial motor vehicle, or a motor carrier operation, is out of service pursuant to Regulations 386.72, 38-392.5, 395.13, 38-38-396.9, or compatible laws, or the North American Uniform Out of Service Criteria.
Representative vehicle means a motor vehicle which represents the type of motor vehicle that a driver applicant operates or expects to operate.
Serious traffic violation means conviction, when operating a commercial motor vehicle, of:
(a) Excessive speeding, involving any single offense for any speed of 15 miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit;
(b) Reckless driving, as defined by State or local law or regulation, including but not limited to offenses of driving a commercial motor vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property;
(c) Improper or erratic traffic lane changes;
(d) Following the vehicle ahead too closely;
(e) A violation, arising in connection with a fatal accident, of State or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control;
(f) Driving a CMV without obtaining a CDL;
(g) Driving a CMV without a CDL in the driver's possession. Any individual who provides proof to the enforcement authority that issued the citation, by the date the individual must appear in court or pay an fine for such a violation, that the individual held a valid CDL on the date the citation was issued, shall not be guilty of this offense; or
(h) Driving a CMV without the proper class of CDL and/or endorsements for the specific vehicle group being operated or for the passengers or type of cargo being transported.
State means a State of the United States and the District of Columbia.
State of domicile means that State where a person has his/her true, fixed, and permanent home and principal residence and to which he/she has the intention of returning whenever he/she is absent.
"Tank vehicle" means a vehicle that is designed to transport a liquid or gaseous material within a tank that either is attached permanently or temporarily to the vehicle and which has a capacity of one thousand gallons or more. South Carolina Code of Laws Section 56-1-2030.
The term United States means the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
Vehicle means a motor vehicle unless otherwise specified.
Vehicle group means a class or type of vehicle with certain operating characteristics.
