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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="16-809" title_number="16" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Drivers' Licenses" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Maryland Commercial Driver's License Act">
  <text>A person may drive a commercial motor vehicle if:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The person holds a valid commercial driver’s license issued by any:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>State in accordance with the minimum federal standards for the issuance of a commercial driver’s license; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Foreign jurisdiction that the United States Department of Transportation has determined issues commercial drivers’ licenses in accordance with the minimum federal standards;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>The person’s driver’s license is not refused, suspended, revoked, or canceled;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>The person is not disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle in any state;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>The person is not disqualified from driving a commercial vehicle by the United States Department of Transportation;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>The person is not subject to an out-of-service order as defined in § 16-812(i)(1)(ii) of this subtitle;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>The person has the commercial driver’s license in the person’s possession; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>The person’s commercial driver’s license is valid for the type of vehicle being driven, as determined by regulation established by the United States Department of Transportation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
