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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="16-811" title_number="16" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Drivers' Licenses" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Maryland Commercial Driver's License Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An applicant is entitled to receive the commercial driver’s license applied for if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Passes the examination required by this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is eligible to drive pursuant to the Commercial Driver’s License Information System and the National Driver Register;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Surrenders any previously issued commercial driver’s instructional permit or license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Pays the fees prescribed by this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each commercial driver’s license issued by the Administration shall be identified clearly as to its specific class. A Class M license may be issued in combination with any other class of license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration shall assign an identifying number to each license it issues.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each commercial driver’s license issued by the Administration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be marked “commercial driver’s license” or “CDL”; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Include the following information:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The licensee’s:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Full name and current mailing address;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Physical description including sex, height, and weight;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Color photograph or photo-image;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The date of issuance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The date of expiration; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Any other information required by the Code of Federal Regulations or the Administration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Before issuing a commercial driver’s license, the Administration shall obtain driving record information from the National Driver Register and any state in which the individual has been licensed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Within 10 days after issuing a commercial driver’s license, the Administration shall notify the Commercial Driver’s License Information System of that fact, providing all information required to ensure the identification of the licensee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
