§ 46.2-341.12. Application for commercial driver's license
A. Every application to the Department for a commercial driver's license shall be made upon a form approved and furnished by the Department, and the applicant shall write his usual signature in ink in the space provided. The applicant shall provide the following information:
1. Full legal name;
2. Current mailing and residential addresses;
3. Physical description including sex, height, weight and eye and hair color;
4. Year, month and date of birth;
5. Social Security number; and
6. Any other information required on the application form.
B. Every applicant for a commercial driver's license shall also submit to the Department the following:
1. A consent to release driving record information;
2. Certifications that:
a. He either meets the federal qualification requirements of 49 C.F.R. Part 391, or he is exempt from or is not subject to such federal requirements;
b. He either meets the state qualification requirements established pursuant to § 52-8.4, or he is exempt from or is not subject to such requirements;
c. The motor vehicle in which the applicant takes the skills test is representative of the class and, if applicable, the type of motor vehicle for which the applicant seeks to be licensed;
d. He is not subject to any disqualification, suspension, revocation or cancellation of his driving privileges;
e. He does not have more than one driver's license;
3. Other certifications required by the Department;
4. Any evidence required by the Department to establish proof of identity, including but not limited to a birth certificate; and
5. A statement indicating whether (i) the applicant has previously been licensed to drive any type of motor vehicle during the previous 10 years and, if so, all states that licensed the applicant and the dates he was licensed, and (ii) whether or not he has ever been disqualified, or his license suspended, revoked or cancelled and, if so, the date of and reason therefor.
C. Every application for a commercial driver's license shall include a color photograph of the applicant supplied under arrangements made therefor by the Department in accordance with § 46.2-323.
D. The Department shall disqualify any commercial driver for a period of one year when the records of the Department clearly show to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that such person has made a material false statement on any application or certification made for a commercial driver's license. The Department shall take such action within 30 days after discovering such falsification.
E. The Department shall review the driving record of any person who applies for a Virginia commercial driver's license, for the renewal or reinstatement of such license or for an additional commercial classification or endorsement, including the driving record from all jurisdictions where, during the previous 10 years, the applicant was licensed to drive any type of motor vehicle. If appropriate, the Department shall incorporate information from such other jurisdictions' records into the applicant's Virginia driving record, and shall make a notation on the applicant's driving record confirming that such review has been completed and the date it was completed. The Department's review shall include research through the Commercial Driver License Information System established pursuant to the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act and the National Driver Register in addition to the driver record maintained by the applicant's previous jurisdictions of licensure. This research shall be completed prior to the issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of a commercial driver's license or additional commercial classification or endorsement.
(1989, c. 705, § 46.1-372.12; 2005, c. 513.)
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