# COMAR Title 11 — Department of Transportation

## Subtitle 17 — Motor Vehicle Administration — Driver Licensing and Identification Documents

### Chapter 14 — Driver Knowledge and Skills Tests

#### Regulation .08 Waiver of Commercial Driver's License Skills Test.

*COMAR 11.17.14.08*

A. The Administration may waive the commercial driver's license skills test for an applicant who is:

  (1) Renewing a Maryland commercial driver’s license not expired over 1 year;

  (2) Transferring a valid out-of-State commercial driver's license to a Maryland commercial driver's license; or

  (3) Converting a noncommercial Class C license or out-of-State equivalent license to a Maryland Class C commercial driver's license without a passenger endorsement.

B. An individual converting a commercial Class C license or an individual with an out-of-State equivalent license may obtain a commercial Class C driver's license with:

  (1) No endorsement;

  (2) A hazardous materials endorsement;

  (3) A tanker endorsement; or

  (4) Any combination of §B(1)—(3) of this regulation.

C. The commercial driver's license skills test may be waived if the applicant:

  (1) Submits a commercial driver's license skills test waiver supplied by the Administration, certifying that during a 2-year period immediately before applying for a commercial driver's license, the applicant has not had;

    (a) More than one license;

    (b) A driving privilege or license suspended, revoked, canceled, or disqualified;

    (c) A conviction for any type of motor vehicle violation of a disqualifying offense contained in Table 1 under 49 CFR §383.51(b);

    (d) More than one conviction for any type of motor vehicle serious traffic violation contained in Table 2 under 49 CFR §383.51(c);

    (e) A conviction for a violation of State or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking, arising in connection with any traffic accident; or

    (f) A record of an accident in which the applicant was at fault; and

  (2) Provides evidence and certifies that the applicant is regularly employed in a job requiring operation of a commercial motor vehicle, and that either the applicant has:

    (a) Previously taken and passed a skills test given by a state with a classified licensing and testing system, and that the test was behind the wheel in a representative vehicle for that applicant's driver's license classification, or

    (b) Operated, for at least 2 years immediately preceding application for a commercial driver's license, a vehicle representative of the commercial motor vehicle the driver applicant operates or expects to operate.