La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § III-121

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section III-121 - State Examiners

A. In order to achieve the highest possible standards of consistency and reliability, all commercial driver's license examiners employed on a full-time basis by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, must, at a minimum, meet the following qualifications:

1. hold a current and valid commercial driver's license issued by the state of Louisiana for all commercial driver's license classes for which the applicant seeks examiner status, if said examiner is to conduct skills testing;

2. have successfully completed the commercial driver's license examiner training course of the National Commercial Driver's License Training Program or successfully complete a commercial driver's license training course of instruction by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicle, and present satisfactory certification of same;

3. applicant must have taken and successfully passed a commercial driver's license written examination, if said examiner is to conduct skills testing;

4. applicant must have no violations, except parking violations, within one year prior to the date of application relative to a commercial motor vehicle or its operation;

5. applicant must have had no convictions, guilty pleas or forfeitures for diving under the influence of alcohol or any controlled dangerous substance in any class of vehicle within three years prior to the date of application;

6. applicant must be at least 21 years of age;

7. applicant must have had no license suspensions, revocations, cancellations, or disqualifications in any class of vehicle within three years prior to the date of application;

8. applicant must have at least a high school diploma or equivalent education.

B. Additionally, all commercial driver's license examiners employed on a full-time basis by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles must take a skills test from a departmental examiner prior to being certified as a state commercial driver's license examiner. All state commercial driver's license examiners shall utilize in their evaluation of the skills of individual applicants for commercial driver's licenses and the endorsement thereto, the commercial driver's license road test criteria and protocol formulated by ESSEX Corporation for the National Commercial Driver's License Examiner's Training Program. All state commercial driver's license examiners shall periodically examine and compare skills test data resulting from the skills test administered by each examiner for purposes of aiding consistency, uniformity and reliability of skills testing.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § III-121

Filed by the Department of Public Safety, Office of Motor Vehicles, 1974, promulgated and amended by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, LR 15:1094 (December 1989).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 32:408.