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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 11.17.14.08" title_num="11" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="14" heading="Waiver of Commercial Driver's License Skills Test.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Administration may waive the commercial driver's license skills test for an applicant who is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Renewing a Maryland commercial driver’s license not expired over 1 year;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Transferring a valid out-of-State commercial driver's license to a Maryland commercial driver's license; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>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:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>No endorsement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A hazardous materials endorsement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A tanker endorsement; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Any combination of §B(1)—(3) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The commercial driver's license skills test may be waived if the applicant:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>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;</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>More than one license;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A driving privilege or license suspended, revoked, canceled, or disqualified;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A conviction for any type of motor vehicle violation of a disqualifying offense contained in Table 1 under 49 CFR §383.51(b);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>More than one conviction for any type of motor vehicle serious traffic violation contained in Table 2 under 49 CFR §383.51(c);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>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</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>A record of an accident in which the applicant was at fault; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>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:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>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</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>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.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>