New York Vehicle & Traffic Law Article 19-A - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BUS DRIVERS

• 509-a - Definitions.
  As used in this article the term: (1) bus shall mean every motor vehicle, owned, leased, rented or otherwise controlled by a motor carrier, which...
• 509-b - Qualifications of Bus Drivers.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person shall be qualified to operate a bus only if such person: (1) is at least eighteen years...
• 509-Bb - Reexamination of Bus Drivers.
  (1) Any person employed as a bus driver who has on three occasions been the operator of a motor vehicle involved in an accident of...
• 509-c - Disqualification of Bus Drivers Generally.
  (1) Other than persons requiring qualification under section five hundred nine-cc of this chapter, a person employed as a bus driver on September fifteenth, nineteen...
• 509-Cc - Disqualification of Drivers of School Buses.
  (1) A person employed as a driver of a school bus as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section five hundred nine-a of...
• 509-d - Qualification Procedures for Bus Drivers, Maintenance of Files and Availability to Subsequent Employers.
  (1) Before employing a new bus driver a motor carrier shall: (i) require such person to pass a medical examination to drive a bus as...
• 509-e - Annual Review of Driving Record.
  Each motor carrier shall, at least once every twelve months, review the driving record of each bus driver it employs to determine whether that driver...
• 509-f - Record of Violations.
  Each motor carrier shall, at least once every twelve months, require each bus driver it employs to prepare and furnish it with a list of...
• 509-g - Examinations and Tests.
  Each motor carrier shall require the following from each driver it employs: 1. A biennial examination pursuant to regulations established by the commissioner, by a...
• 509-h - Operation by Person Not Licensed to Drive a Bus.
  The motor carrier shall not knowingly permit any person to operate a bus carrying passengers unless the driver meets all of the requirements of this...
• 509-i - Notification of a Conviction Resulting From a Violation of This Chapter in This State or a Motor Vehicle Conviction in Another State and License Revoc
  509-i. Notification of a conviction resulting from a violation of this chapter in this state or a motor vehicle conviction in another state and license...
• 509-j - Compliance Required.
  (a) Every motor carrier, its officers, agents, representatives, and employees responsible for the management, maintenance, operation or driving of motor vehicles, or the hiring, supervising,...
• 509-k - Ill or Fatigued Operator.
  No driver shall operate a bus and a motor carrier shall not permit a driver to operate a bus while the driver's ability or alertness...
• 509-l - Drugs, Controlled Substance and Intoxicating Liquor.
  1. No person shall: (a) consume a drug, controlled substance or an intoxicating liquor, regardless of its alcoholic content, or be under the influence of...
• 509-m - Duties of the Department.
  The department of motor vehicles shall: 1. At least once every three years, review the bus driver files of each motor carrier, provided, however, that...
• 509-n - Exempt Carriers; Reporting Requirements.
  1. A motor carrier subject to the motor carrier regulations of the United States department of transportation will be exempt from all of the annual...
• 509-o - Penalties.
  Upon conviction for the violation of any provision of this article the court shall impose a sentence consisting of a fine of not less than...

Last modified: February 3, 2019