Section 18-1316. COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE SKILLS TEST

 

1316.1Any applicant for a commercial driver license shall pass each section of a commercial driver license skills test that meets the standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. § 383.

 

1316.2The passing score for each of the sections of the test required by § 1316.1 is eighty percent (80%) or higher.

 

1316.3An applicant may not take the commercial driver license skills test until at least thirty (30) days have elapsed from the issuance of a learner’s permit.

 

1316.4An applicant must wait seventy-two (72) hours after failing a commercial driver license skills test before re-taking the test.

 

1316.5An applicant may take the commercial driver license skills test no more than six (6) times in a twelve (12) month period.

 

1316.6In addition to the penalty specified in Subsection 103.9 of this title, if an applicant misses a CDL skills test appointment, the applicant will be assessed one failed test.

 

1316.7An applicant for a commercial driver license who does not successfully complete the air-brake component of the driving-skill test in a vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with air brakes, shall, if otherwise qualified, receive a commercial driver license that restricts the license holder from operating a commercial motor vehicle equipped with air brakes as provided in Subsection 1313.3(b).

 

1316.8If allowed by another U.S. jurisdiction, a District of Columbia resident who has taken commercial driver license training in that jurisdiction may take the skills test in that jurisdiction. The test results will be accepted as if the tests were administered in the District.

 

 

authority

Sections 1825 and 1826 of the Department of Motor Vehicles Establishment Act of 1998, effective March 26, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-175; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-904 and 50-905 (2014 Repl.)); Sections 6 and 7 of the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-2201.03 and 50-1401.01 (2014 Repl.)); Section 3 of the Uniform Classification and Commercial Driver’s License Act of 1990, effective September 20, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-161; D.C. Official Code § 50-402 (2014 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 91-161, dated October 15, 1991.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 732 (February 7, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 10913 (November 26, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 5758 (June 17, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5764 (July 17, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 10912 (November 19, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 9016 (October 21, 2011); as amended by the Commercial Driver’s License Skills Test Amendment Act of 2013, effective December 13, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-0053; 60 DCR 15159 (November 1, 2013)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 13453 (October 16, 2015).