[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45 Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1310.16]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 1310_HEAD START TRANSPORTATION--Table of Contents

 

                  Subpart B_Transportation Requirements

 

Sec.  1310.16  Driver qualifications.



    (a) Each agency providing transportation services must ensure that 

persons who drive vehicles used to provide such services, at a minimum:

    (1) in States where such licenses are granted, have a valid 

Commercial Driver's License (CDL) for vehicles in the same class as the 

vehicle the driver will operating; and

    (2) meet any physical, mental, and other requirements established 

under applicable law or regulations as necessary to perform job-related 

functions



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with any necessary reasonable accommodations.

    (b) Each agency providing transportation services must ensure that 

there is an applicant review process for use in hiring drivers, that 

applicants for driver positions must be advised of the specific 

background checks required at the time application is made, and that 

there are criteria for the rejection of unacceptable applicants. The 

applicant review procedure must include, at minimum:

    (1) all elements specified in 45 CFR 1304.52(b), with additional 

disclosure by the applicant of all moving traffic violations, regardless 

of penalty;

    (2) a check of the applicant's driving record through the 

appropriate State agency, including a check of the applicant's record 

through the National Driver Register, if available in the State; and

    (3) after a conditional offer of employment to the applicant and 

before the applicant begins work as a driver, a medical examination, 

performed by a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathy, establishing 

that the individual possesses the physical ability to perform any job-

related functions with any necessary accommodations.

    (c) As provided in 45 CFR 1310.2(a), this section does not apply to 

transportation services to children served under the home-based option 

for Head Start and Early Head Start.