75 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 16 - Commercial Drivers

• Chapter Notes
• Section 1601 - Short Title Of Chapter
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act.
• Section 1602 - Purpose And Construction Of Chapter
  (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this chapter is to implement the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-570, 49 U.S.C. app. §...
• Section 1603 - Definitions
  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
• Section 1604 - Notification Requirements For Drivers
  (a) Notification of convictions.--A driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a driver's license issued by this Commonwealth who is convicted of violating a...
• Section 1605 - Employer Responsibilities
  (a) Requirements.--Each employer shall require the applicant to provide the information specified in section 1604(c) (relating to notification requirements for drivers). Each employer shall...
• Section 1606 - Requirement For Commercial Driver's License
  (a) When required.--No person, except those specifically exempted in subsection (b), shall drive a commercial motor vehicle unless: (1) the person has been issued...
• Section 1607 - Commercial Driver's License Qualification Standards
  (a) Testing.-- (1) The Commonwealth shall offer one knowledge test to all commercial driver's license holders until April 1, 1992, for each class and...
• Section 1608 - Nonresident Cdl
  (a) Issuance of nonresident CDL.--The department may issue a nonresident CDL to a resident of a foreign jurisdiction. The following apply: (1) The word...
• Section 1609 - Application For Commercial Driver's License
  (a) Contents of application.--The application for a commercial driver's license or commercial driver learner's permit shall include the following: (1) The full name and...
• Section 1609.1 - Type Of Driving Certification Requirements
  (a) Self-certification requirement.--An applicant for a commercial driver learner's permit or initial commercial driver's license must make one of the applicable self-certifications from the...
• Section 1609.2 - Medical Certification
  (a) Requirements.--An individual who certifies that the individual operates or expects to operate a commercial motor vehicle in nonexcepted interstate commerce or nonexcepted intrastate...
• Section 1609.3 - Noncompliance With Certification Requirements
  The department shall remove the commercial driver license designation from the driver's license of an individual who is not in compliance with section 1609.1...
• Section 1610 - Commercial Driver's License
  (a) Content of license.--The commercial driver's license shall indicate "commercial driver's license" or "CDL" and shall include, but not be limited to, the following...
• Section 1611 - Disqualification
  (a) First violation of certain offenses.--Upon receipt of a report of conviction, the department shall, in addition to any other penalties imposed under this...
• Section 1612 - Commercial And School Vehicle Drivers Prohibited From Operating With Any Alcohol In System
  (a) Offense defined.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person shall not drive, operate or be in physical control of a school vehicle...
• Section 1613 - Implied Consent Requirements For Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers
  (a) Implied consent.--A person who drives a commercial motor vehicle in this Commonwealth is deemed to have given consent to take a test or...
• Section 1614 - Notification Of Traffic Convictions
  After receiving a report of the conviction of any holder of a commercial driver's license issued by another state, or any person who is...
• Section 1615 - Authority To Enter Agreements
  The department may enter into or make agreements, arrangements or declarations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
• Section 1616 - Reciprocity
  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person may drive a commercial motor vehicle if the person has a commercial driver's license issued by...
• Section 1617 - Fees
  Fees relating to commercial drivers' licenses to be collected by the department under this chapter shall be in addition to any other fees imposed...
• Section 1618 - Fines Exempt From Judicial Computer Account
  All fines and penalties imposed by this chapter shall be deposited into the Motor License Fund and shall not be subject to the provisions...
• Section 1619 - Prohibition Against Discharging, Disciplining Or Discriminating Against Employees
  (a) General rule.--No person shall discharge, discipline or in any manner discriminate against any employee with respect to the employee's compensation, terms, conditions or...
• Section 1620 - Commercial Driver Records
  The department shall establish a program for unlimited annual electronic driver record checks for employers of commercial drivers. The program shall include the registration...
• Section 1621 - Texting While Driving
  (a) Prohibition.--Except as provided under subsection (c), a driver may not engage in texting while driving a commercial motor vehicle or motor carrier vehicle....
• Section 1622 - Handheld Mobile Telephone
  (a) Commercial motor vehicle.--Except as provided under subsection (c), a driver may not use a handheld mobile telephone while driving a commercial motor vehicle...

Last modified: October 8, 2016