[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
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.