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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="16-806" title_number="16" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Drivers' Licenses" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Maryland Commercial Driver's License Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each employer shall require the information specified in § 16–805(c) of this subtitle to be provided by the applicant.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An employer may not knowingly allow, require, permit, or authorize a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle in the United States:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>During any period in which the driver has a driver’s license suspended, revoked, or canceled by a state or has lost the privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle in a state;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>During any period in which the driver has been disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>During any period in which the driver has more than 1 driver’s license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>During any period in which the driver, the motor vehicle he or she is driving, or the motor carrier operation, is subject to an out–of–service order; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>In violation of any of the provisions of §§ 21–701 through 21–704 of this article pertaining to railroad crossings or any other federal, state, or local law or regulation substantially similar to a provision of §§ 21–701 through 21–704 of this article, pertaining to railroad grade crossings.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to an employer that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Operates a physical place of business in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Employs more than one driver in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On a bona fide offer of employment, an employer shall provide a prospective employee driver with its U.S. Department Of Transportation number and the website address for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Safety and Fitness Records (SAFER) System.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An employer that is convicted of violating subsection (b)(4) or (5) of this section is subject to the civil penalties specified in regulation by the United States Secretary of Transportation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
