[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR391.33]

[Page 1102]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 391_QUALIFICATIONS OF DRIVERS AND LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLE (LCV) 
DRIVER INSTRUCTORS--Table of Contents
 
                             Subpart D_Tests
 
Sec. 391.33  Equivalent of road test.

    (a) In place of, and as equivalent to, the road test required by 
Sec. 391.31, a person who seeks to drive a commercial motor vehicle may 
present, and a motor carrier may accept--
    (1) A valid Commercial Driver's License as defined in Sec. 383.5 of 
this subchapter, but not including double/triple trailer or tank vehicle 
endorsements, which has been issued to him/her to operate specific 
categories of commercial motor vehicles and which, under the laws of 
that State, licenses him/her after successful completion of a road test 
in a commercial motor vehicle of the type the motor carrier intends to 
assign to him/her; or
    (2) A copy of a valid certificate of driver's road test issued to 
him/her pursuant to Sec. 391.31 within the preceding 3 years.
    (b) If a driver presents, and a motor carrier accepts, a license or 
certificate as equivalent to the road test, the motor carrier shall 
retain a legible copy of the license or certificate in its files as part 
of the driver's qualification file.
    (c) A motor carrier may require any person who presents a license or 
certificate as equivalent to the road test to take a road test or any 
other test of his/her driving skill as a condition to his/her employment 
as a driver.

[35 FR 6460, Apr. 22, 1970, as amended at 60 FR 38744, July 28, 1995; 63 
FR 33277, June 18, 1998]