Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
Section 29.504 - Driver history(a)Common or contract carriers, except for call or demand and limousine drivers.(1) A common or contract carrier may not permit a person to operate a vehicle in its authorized service until it has obtained and reviewed a driver history from the appropriate agency of every state in which that person held a motor vehicle operator's license or permit during the preceding 3 years.(2) Following receipt of the initial driver history report, a common or contract carrier shall, at least once every 12 months from the date of the last report, obtain a driver history for each driver operating under its authority from the appropriate agency of the state in which the driver held an operator's license during the time period. Compliance with this subsection does not relieve a common or contract carrier of the responsibility to ensure its drivers hold a current, valid driver's license.(3) A copy of the driver history shall be maintained by the common or contract carrier for at least 2 years.(b)Call or demand and limousine drivers.(1) Prior to permitting a person to act as a call or demand or a limousine driver, a carrier shall obtain and review a driving history research report for the person from the Department of Transportation and other relevant sources. A person with more than three moving violations in the 3-year period prior to the check or a major violation in the 3-year period prior to the check may not be a call or demand or limousine driver.(2) One year after engaging a driver and every second year thereafter, a carrier shall conduct the driving history check required under this subsection and verify that a driver continues to be eligible to be a driver.(3) A copy of the driver history shall be maintained by the call or demand or limousine driver for at least 2 years.The provisions of this § 29.504 amended January 27, 2017, effective 1/28/2017, expire upon promulgation of final form regulations or on November 4, 2018, whichever is later, as set forth in the act of November 4, 2016 (P.L. 1222, No. 164), 47 Pa.B. 429.The provisions of this § 29.504 amended under the act of July 13, 2016 (P.L. 664, No. 85).