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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 44 - Minimum Physical Standards for Operators of Public Service Motor Vehicles and Service Buses › Operator's License Endorsements Required to Operate Certain Motor Vehicles Transporting Passengers and Students › Section 14-44-4 - Conditions and requirements for endorsements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In addition to
				meeting all requirements for a class D operator's license or a commercial
				driver's license, as applicable, each licensed driver who transports
				passengers, including passengers who are students, in a motor vehicle listed in
				section
				14-44-3 of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall satisfy the following
				conditions and requirements to be issued and to retain the appropriate
				endorsement:
(1) The driver shall not have
				four or more moving violations arising from separate incidents occurring within
				a two-year period. As used in this subdivision, "moving violations" refers to
				convictions for violations specified in section
				14-137-82
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, in addition to those
				violations referenced in sections
				14-219 and
				14-300f
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(2) The driver shall not have a conviction or
				administrative license suspension, occurring within the preceding five years,
				of a violation of sections
				53a-56b,
				53a-60d,
				14-227a,
				14-227b
				or subsection (a) or (b) of 14-224 of the Connecticut General Statutes, or of
				any statute of another state which is determined by the commissioner to
				prohibit the same or substantially similar acts or conduct as said sections of
				the Connecticut General Statutes.
(3) The driver shall not have a conviction,
				occurring within the preceding three years, of a violation of sections
				14-215,
				14-222 or
				14-222a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(4) The driver shall not have a conviction of
				a serious criminal offense, which adversely reflects on his or her moral
				character.
(5) The driver shall not
				have engaged in any act or conduct which adversely reflects on his or her moral
				character. An arrest of the driver for any felony or a violation of sections
				53a-73a
				or
				53a-63
				of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be prima facie evidence of an act or
				conduct which adversely reflects on his or her moral character, unless there
				has been a disposition of such charge(s) in favor of the driver.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 44 - Minimum Physical Standards for Operators of Public Service Motor Vehicles and Service Buses › Operator's License Endorsements Required to Operate Certain Motor Vehicles Transporting Passengers and Students › Section 14-44-6 - Suspension or revocation of passenger or student endorsement

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any endorsement to transport passengers,
				including passengers who are students, may be suspended, revoked or withdrawn
				if the holder thereof would be subject to having his or her renewal of such
				endorsement suspended, revoked or withdrawn. Any endorsement holder subject to
				suspension , revocation or withdrawal pursuant to this section shall be
				afforded an opportunity for a hearing as provided in Chapter 54 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes. Unless the commissioner determines that an
				imminent threat to public safety and welfare exists, by reason of a driver's
				continued possession of an endorsement to transport passengers, including
				passengers who are students, such opportunity for a hearing shall be granted
				prior to the effective date of suspension, revocation or withdrawal.
(b) When any holder of or applicant for an
				endorsement to transport passengers, as specified in section
				14-36a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, including passengers who are students, has
				had said endorsement or application denied, suspended, withdrawn or revoked as
				a result of a determination by the commissioner pursuant to sections
				14-44-4
				and
				14-44-5
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or as the result of a final
				decision from an administrative hearing pursuant to this section or section
				14-44-7
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or any appeal therefrom, the
				commissioner shall not accept an application for or permit any reinstatement of
				any endorsement to transport passengers from such person for the period stated
				in subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of section14-44-4
				or subsection (d) of section
				14-44-4,
				as applicable, or if no such period is stated, for two (2) years.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 44 - Minimum Physical Standards for Operators of Public Service Motor Vehicles and Service Buses › Operator's License Endorsements Required to Operate Certain Motor Vehicles Transporting Passengers and Students › Section 14-44-7 - Refusal or suspension of endorsement. Request for and conduct of hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person whose original application or
				renewal of an endorsement to transport students or passengers is refused may
				request a hearing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 54 of the Connecticut
				General Statutes. Such hearing shall be requested, in writing, within twenty
				days. Prior to the assignment of a hearing date the commissioner or his
				designee shall, within ten days of the receipt of such request for hearing,
				conduct an administrative review of the applicant's records and file to
				determine whether circumstances justified the issuance or renewal of the
				endorsement. In the event that the review does not reveal such circumstances
				and the endorsement is not issued or renewed, a hearing will be scheduled at
				the earliest available date.
(b) In
				any hearing held pursuant to this section or Section
				14-44-6
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the commissioner or the
				commissioner's designated hearing officer, appointed in accordance with Section
				14-4a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, shall in rendering any final agency
				decision and order, be authorized to make such exceptions to the standards and
				requirements set forth in Sections
				14-44-4
				and
				14-44-5
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or to impose such conditions
				in the granting or on the continued holding of an endorsement, as the testimony
				and evidence in the entire record and the needs of equity and justice
				require.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Vision Standards › Section 14-45a-1 - Vision requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An unlimited
				operator's license shall be issued or retained if the applicant or license
				holder meets the following visual standards:
(1) A minimum visual acuity of 20/40
				(Snellen) or equivalent in both eyes or in the better eye with or without
				corrective lenses;
(2) An
				uninterrupted binocular visual field of at least 140° in the horizontal
				meridian, or a monocular field of at least 100° in the horizontal meridian;
				and
(3) No evidence of any other
				visual condition(s) which either alone or in combination will significantly
				impair driving ability.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Vision Standards › Section 14-45a-2 - Submission of report

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An applicant
				for an operator's license or renewal thereof, or a holder of an operator's
				license, may be required to submit to the commissioner a vision report as
				provided in Section
				14-45a-3
				of this regulation when the commissioner has determined based on reliable
				information that the person has or may have a visually related health problem
				or disability which might affect the person's ability to operate a motor
				vehicle safely, or upon a determination by the commissioner based on reliable
				information that there is a significant question regarding the ability of the
				applicant or operator to operate a motor vehicle safely due to a visual
				deficiency or impairment. Reliable information shall include a written, signed
				report from a person in the medical or law enforcement professions, or a
				statement signed under penalty of false statement by a person having personal
				knowledge.
(b) The vision report
				shall be prepared by a physician, opthalmologist or optometrist licensed to
				practice in this or another state, and shall be based on a personal examination
				of the person no earlier than three (3) months prior to notice to such person
				of the requirement to submit a report.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Vision Standards › Section 14-45a-3 - Content of vision report

Current through July 10, 2024
The vision report required by Section
				  14-45a-2
				  shall be on a form or in a format as required by the commissioner, and contain
				  the following information:
(a) The
				person's name and address; and
(b)
				The date of the examination; and
(c) The name, address, license number and
				signature of the doctor of medicine, opthalmologist or optometrist;
				and
(d) The best corrected visual
				acuity; and
(e) The extent of the
				horizontal visual field; and
(f)
				The presence of any medically induced blind spots; and
(g) The need for glasses or contact lenses;
				and
(h) A statement as to whether
				or not the operator has a vision condition which is deteriorating including a
				diagnosis and prognosis; and
(i) A
				recommendation for the commissioner's consideration relating to a vision
				examination or visual screening on a regular basis; and
(j) If the report is submitted by an
				optometrist, whether or not the person has been referred to the appropriate
				physician because of a detected or suspected medical condition.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Standards for Persons Having Impairments Other Than Vision › Section 14-45a-5 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
In Sections 14-45a-5 through
				  14-45a-9 of
				  these regulations, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Altered consciousness," means a state of
				awareness characterized by loss, distortion, or unresponsiveness to the
				impressions made by the senses.
(b)
				"Assessment" means an examination of the person's use of chemicals.
(c) "Cognitive skill" means ability to think,
				perceive, and remember.
(d)
				"Co-morbid" means that more than one condition is present at the same
				time.
(e) "Consciousness" means the
				condition of a person when awake and fully responsive to stimuli.
(f) "Corrective lens" means an ophthalmic
				lens, whether an eyeglass or a contact lens, that corrects the refraction error
				or other optically correctible deficiency of the eye.
(g) "Department" means Department of Motor
				Vehicles.
(h) "Driving evaluation"
				means an evaluation to determine if a person's actual ability to operate a
				motor vehicle compensates adequately for the person's medical, mental or
				physical condition, or functional impairment.
(i) "Episode" means any incident or segment
				of time involving altered consciousness or loss of bodily control.
(j) "Field of vision" means the entire
				horizontal, temporal plane a person has for each eye without shifting the
				gaze.
(k) "Functional ability"
				means the degree of cognitive, mental or emotional, sensorimotor, and sensory
				capability in performing activities of daily living, including safely
				performing the driving tasks.
(l)
				"Licensing action" means any action by the department involving the denial,
				cancellation, restriction, or issuance of a motor vehicle operator's license,
				permit or endorsement.
(m) "Loss of
				bodily control" means involuntary movements of the body characterized by muscle
				spasms or muscle rigidity, or loss of muscle tone or muscle movement.
(n) "Medical condition" means any physical,
				mental or emotional condition affecting a person's health, for which a person
				is receiving medical treatment, or for which medical treatment is usually
				prescribed.
(o) "Medical Advisory
				Board" or "review board" means the medical board established under Sec.
				14-46a
				through Sec.
				14-46g
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(p) "Mental or emotional function" includes
				interaction and communication skills, adaptive behavior or coping capacity, and
				affect.
(q) "Physical disability"
				includes any physical limitation interfering with the ability to perform normal
				tasks associated with operating a motor vehicle.
(r) "Vision specialist" means a person who
				practices optometry, or a physician or ophthalmologist.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Standards for Persons Having Impairments Other Than Vision › Section 14-45a-6 - Medical report and licensing decision

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An applicant
				for an operator's license or renewal thereof, or a holder of an operator's
				license, may be required to submit to the commissioner a medical report, on a
				form or in a format approved by the commissioner, signed by a licensed
				physician, attesting to the person's medical condition, when the commissioner
				has determined based on reliable information that the person has or may have a
				health problem or disability which might affect the person's ability to operate
				a motor vehicle safely, or upon a determination by the commissioner based on
				reliable information that there is a significant question regarding the ability
				of the applicant or operator to operate a motor vehicle safely due to a medical
				condition or impairment. Reliable information shall include a written, signed
				report from a person in the medical or law enforcement professions, or a
				statement signed under penalty of false statement by a person having personal
				knowledge.
(b) Except as provided
				in subsection (c), upon receipt and review of the medical report under
				subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner shall make a decision with
				regard to licensing action. Additional medical records may be required from
				such person if necessary to make such decision, and the commissioner may
				request the opinion of the Medical Advisory Board in accordance with Sections
				14-45a-10
				through
				14-45a-16
				of this regulation.
(c) If a person
				has experienced an episode within the previous six (6) month period, the
				commissioner shall request the opinion of the Medical Advisory Board prior to
				making a decision with regard to licensing action.
(d) Persons affected by any departmental
				licensing action shall be given written notice thereof by first class mail sent
				to the person's mailing address then currently on file. A notice of license
				denial, cancellation or suspension shall include specific reasons for the
				action and information on applicable review and appeal procedures.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Standards for Persons Having Impairments Other Than Vision › Section 14-45a-7 - Standards for taking licensing action

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No operator's
				license will be issued or reissued, or an operator's license issued to a person
				will be suspended or revoked, if a person is afflicted with a health problem,
				medical condition or physical or mental disability which prevents him or her
				from exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle, and if
				the commissioner has reason to believe that such person will endanger the
				public safety by operating a motor vehicle.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of
				this regulation, the commissioner may order immediate suspension of the
				operator's license of a person prior to a hearing if the commissioner finds
				that, because of the person's medical condition, the public health, safety or
				welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and a finding to that effect is
				incorporated in his order. Such action shall be taken in accordance with the
				provisions of Chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and an
				opportunity for a hearing shall be afforded for such person as soon as is
				practicable.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Standards for Persons Having Impairments Other Than Vision › Section 14-45a-8 - Information to be considered in licensing actions

Current through July 10, 2024
The Medical Advisory Board when making recommendations, and
				  the department when taking licensing action, may consider the following
				  information.
(a)
In
				general:
(1) Information on any medical
				condition, including but not limited to:
(A)
				History of illness.
(B) Severity of
				symptoms and prognosis.
(C)
				Complications and/or co-morbid conditions.
(D) Treatment and medications, effects and
				side effects, and person's knowledge and use of medications.
(E) Results of medical tests and reports of
				laboratory findings.
(F)
				Physician's medical report on functional ability including mental or emotional
				function.
(G) Physician
				recommendations on degree of functional impairment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Standards for Persons Having Impairments Other Than Vision › Section 14-45a-9 - Other requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The person is
				responsible for obtaining any such information listed in Section
				14-45a-8
				as may be requested by the commissioner for his use and consideration. The
				commissioner may provide forms to the person and/or his physician(s) for
				reporting such information.
(b) As
				provided in subsection (e) of Section
				14-36,
				the commissioner may at any time require an on-the-road driving evaluation of
				any person, without cost, to assist in his determination of the person's
				driving ability.
(c) Unless
				otherwise specified, medical reports required by the commissioner must be based
				on an examination by the physician within the previous three (3)
				months.
(d) Unless otherwise
				specified, medical reports required by the commissioner must be submitted
				within thirty (30) days from receipt of a request by the
				commissioner.
(e) Follow-up
				examinations and reports by a physician or vision specialist may be required
				for progressive or recurring conditions or when more than one medical condition
				exists.
(f) Whenever the
				commissioner receives a medical report in accordance with this regulation
				showing that the person has poor compliance, as described by the person's
				physician, with a prescribed medical treatment program, the commissioner may
				suspend the operator's license of such person, consistent with the provisions
				of Chapter 54 of the General Statutes, if the commissioner finds that continued
				operation of a motor vehicle by such person will endanger the public
				safety.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Referral of Individual Licensing Cases to the Medical Advisory Board › Section 14-45a-10 - Scope of procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In accordance
				with Connecticut General Statutes Section
				14-36
				as amended, and Section
				14-46c
				of the General Statutes, as amended, the commissioner of motor vehicles may at
				any time request the advice and recommendation of the Medical Advisory Board,
				concerning the case of any person who has a health problem, when such person is
				the holder of or applicant for an operator's license of any class, including a
				commercial driver's license, and when the commissioner has reason to believe
				that such person's health problem may affect his or her functional ability to
				operate a motor vehicle safely on the highways of this state.
(b) The provisions of this section and the
				following Sections
				14-45a-11
				through
				14-45a-16
				also apply to a person who is the holder of or an applicant for a public
				passenger transportation permit, as the same have been established pursuant to
				Section
				14-44
				of the General Statutes, as amended.
(c) The commissioner herein authorizes and
				designates the Chief of the Driver Services Division of the Department of Motor
				Vehicles (hereinafter referred to as "the Director") or his successor, or such
				other person as may be designated by the commissioner, to request and to
				receive the advice and recommendations of the Medical Advisory Board
				(hereinafter referred to as "the Board") in individual cases.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Referral of Individual Licensing Cases to the Medical Advisory Board › Section 14-45a-11 - Notice to license holder or applicant

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Whenever a case
				is referred to the Board, the Director shall simultaneously give written notice
				of such referral to the license holder or applicant involved.
(b) The Director shall request that the Board
				furnish its advice and recommendation in every case with reasonable promptness,
				considering the complexity of the case and research, interviews, examinations
				and such other steps as may be necessary for the Board to reach its opinions
				and judgments. The Director shall not cause or permit the referral of a case to
				the Board to result in an unreasonable delay with respect to a licensing
				decision concerning any license holder or applicant.
(c) If requested, the Director shall inform
				the license holder or applicant when he has received the advice and
				recommendation of the Board with respect to such license holder or
				applicant.
(d) The Director shall
				take appropriate action and communicate such action to the holder or applicant
				within a reasonable time after receipt of the advice and recommendation of the
				Board.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Referral of Individual Licensing Cases to the Medical Advisory Board › Section 14-45a-12 - Right to submit medical report

Current through July 10, 2024
As provided by Section
				  14-46c
				  of the General Statutes, the commissioner shall inform any applicant or license
				  holder whose case has been referred to the Board that he or she may submit to
				  the Board a medical report completed by a licensed physician of his or her
				  choice. It shall be the responsibility of such individual to submit such report
				  in a timely manner, to the Director, who shall forward it to the Board
				  promptly.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Referral of Individual Licensing Cases to the Medical Advisory Board › Section 14-45a-13 - Internal procedure of board

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Director
				shall refer all cases to the attention of the chairman of the Board. The
				chairman may retain the case or assign the case to any individual member or
				members of the Board, as he or she determines to be appropriate given the
				nature of the health problem that appears from the available evidence. When the
				assigned member(s) of the Board completes his or her review of the case, all
				findings, advice and recommendations shall be reported to the
				chairman.
(b) The chairman shall
				review the report on the case as completed and submitted by the assigned Board
				member, and he or she shall forward the same to the Director, either with or
				without comment. Alternatively, the chairman may ask for a review of the case
				and the conclusions reached therein by the entire Board. The chairman shall
				take such further actions as may be necessary to bring the case to the
				attention of every member, and to obtain the consensus and agreement of the
				Board as to the advice to be given, which he or she shall report forthwith to
				the Director.
(c) The chairman may
				designate an individual member of the Board to receive cases in a particular
				medical field from the Director, and to report his or her findings, advice and
				recommendations to the Director.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Referral of Individual Licensing Cases to the Medical Advisory Board › Section 14-45a-14 - Recommendations to be advisory only

Current through July 10, 2024
As provided by Section
				  14-46e
				  of the General Statutes, the Director shall give due consideration to the
				  recommendation of the Board in each case, but such recommendation shall be
				  merely advisory and not binding. The Board is not responsible to make and shall
				  not be regarded as making a licensing decision in any case, but such decision
				  shall be made by the Director, on behalf of the commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Referral of Individual Licensing Cases to the Medical Advisory Board › Section 14-45a-15 - Failure to cooperate

Current through July 10, 2024
As provided by Section
				  14-46e(b)
				  of the General Statutes, each applicant or license holder whose case is
				  referred to the Board may be requested by the Board to submit to a physical
				  examination or to provide other information to the Board. The Board shall refer
				  such request to the Director who shall communicate the request to the applicant
				  or license holder. The Board shall report to the Director immediately any
				  instance of failure to comply with such a request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Referral of Individual Licensing Cases to the Medical Advisory Board › Section 14-45a-16 - Confidentiality and exception thereto

Current through July 10, 2024
As provided by Section
				  14-46d
				  of the General Statutes, all communications between the Director and the Board
				  with respect to individual cases shall be confidential, and except as may be
				  required by state or federal law, shall not be made public. The reports,
				  records or other documents in any case, however, shall be made available to the
				  subject person or his authorized representative, upon a written request made to
				  the Director. Such documents also may be used for evidence in any
				  administrative proceeding conducted by the department. In furnishing documents
				  pursuant to this section, the department may charge the fees prescribed for
				  copies of public documents by Section
				  1-15 of the General
				  Statutes, as amended.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 45a - Health Standards for Licensing Decisions for Operators of Motor Vehicles › Referral of Individual Licensing Cases to the Medical Advisory Board › Section 14-45a-17 - Administrative hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
The commissioner shall schedule an administrative hearing
				  with respect to the denial, suspension or revocation of the operator's license
				  of any person pursuant to any provision of Connecticut General Statutes
				  Sections
				  14-36,
				  as amended, and subsection (e) of Connecticut General Statutes Section
				  14-40a,
				  as amended, and this regulation, and shall give written notice to such person
				  of his or her entitlement to such hearing and the date, time and place of such
				  hearing. The hearing shall be limited to the determination of the ability and
				  competence of such person to operate a motor vehicle safely on the highways of
				  this state.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 48c - Registration of Motor Vehicles Engaged in Seasonal Operations › Section 14-48c-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 14-48c-1 to
				14-48c-3,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following
				words shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Commercial motor vehicle engaged in
			 seasonal operations" means any motor vehicle, including a trailer, used to
			 transport merchandise, freight or persons in connection with any business
			 enterprise and for which a commercial registration is issued in accordance with
			 the fee schedule of subsection (a) of section
			 14-47
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(2) "Registration year" means the period
			 beginning during the month of April and ending during the month of April the
			 following year.
(3) "Seasonal
			 operations" means operation of a commercial motor vehicle for construction,
			 farming, landscaping, oil delivery and like industries where business demands
			 vary with the seasons of the year.
(4) "Permanent registration" means a
			 registration issued in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of
			 section
			 14-47
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 48c - Registration of Motor Vehicles Engaged in Seasonal Operations › Section 14-48c-2 - Registration. Expiration date. Fee

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any commercial
			 motor vehicle engaged in seasonal operations may be registered for a six (6)
			 month period during any registration year. The six (6) months shall be
			 consecutive.
(b) Any seasonal
			 registration issued in accordance with this section shall expire in the sixth
			 calendar month after such registration is issued as follows:
(1) A registration issued during the first
			 fifteen (15) days of any month shall expire on the fifteenth day of the sixth
			 month; and
(2) A registration
			 issued after the first fifteen (15) days of any month shall expire on the last
			 day of the sixth month.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 48c - Registration of Motor Vehicles Engaged in Seasonal Operations › Section 14-48c-3 - Insurance. Inspection. Emissions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A commercial
			 motor vehicle registered in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of
			 section
			 14-48c-2
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be subject to all
			 insurance requirements imposed by law.
(b) A motor vehicle registered in accordance
			 with the provisions of subsection (a) of section
			 14-48c-2
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be subject to all other
			 applicable requirements of law including emissions standards.
(c) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may
			 issue a distinguishing number plate to a vehicle registered in accordance with
			 the provisions of subsection (a) of section
			 14-48c-2
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(d) No late fee as provided in subsection (z)
			 of section
			 14-49
			 of the Connecticut General Statues shall be assessed upon the issuing of a
			 seasonal registration.
(e) No
			 inspection shall be required for a commercial motor vehicle issued a seasonal
			 registration provided that the vehicle has been registered previously in this
			 state to the same owner or owners.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 49 - The Operation Of Federally-Owned Vehicles Consigned To The Connecticut National Guard › Section 14-49-1 - Federally-owned vehicles of national guard need not display number plates

Current through July 10, 2024
No federally-owned vehicle in use by the Connecticut national
				guard will be required to display Connecticut number plates. The department of
				defense, department of army or department of air force serial number assigned
				to such vehicles will be considered the registration number. Such vehicles will
				be recorded with the commissioner of motor vehicles. The size of the numerals
				of the registration number shall be a minimum of two and one-half inches in
				height with one-half inch stroke. Numbers shall be stenciled on both sides of
				the hood.
(See G.S. §
								14-49(o).)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 49 - The Operation Of Federally-Owned Vehicles Consigned To The Connecticut National Guard › Section 14-49-2 - Uniform to be worn by driver

Current through July 10, 2024
Uniforms will be worn by all motor vehicle drivers when
				operating such vehicles. The uniform may be as directed by the driver's
				immediate commanding officer, but in any case shall be a complete
				uniform.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 49 - The Operation Of Federally-Owned Vehicles Consigned To The Connecticut National Guard › Section 14-49-3 - Operator's license required

Current through July 10, 2024
No one may operate a military motor vehicle who has not been
				issued a motor vehicle operator's license by the motor vehicle department,
				state of Connecticut. The operator shall also have an army motor vehicle
				operator's permit, issued by the unit commander, and both operator's license
				and army permit shall be carried by the driver at all times while he is
				operating military motor vehicles.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 49 - The Operation Of Federally-Owned Vehicles Consigned To The Connecticut National Guard › Section 14-49-4 - Operator subject to state laws and regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
The operator of a military vehicle is subject to all penalties
				for any violation of Connecticut motor vehicle laws or regulations, the same as
				when operating regularly Connecticut-registered vehicles.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 49 - The Operation Of Federally-Owned Vehicles Consigned To The Connecticut National Guard › Farm Registrations for Motor Vehicles › Section 14-49-6 - Requirements for farm registration. Revocation of registration

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Beginning on the effective date of this
				regulation and until January 1, 1999, every applicant for a new or renewal farm
				registration for a motor vehicle shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) The applicant shall submit a signed
				application on a form or in a format prescribed by the commissioner;
(2) The applicant shall pay the fee required
				by law;
(3) The applicant shall
				submit proof to the commissioner that he is operating a farm, and that the farm
				had gross annual sales of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) or more
				in the calendar year preceding such application for registration. Such proof
				shall consist of one of the following:
(A) A
				copy of a current Farmer's Sales Tax Exempt Permit issued by the Connecticut
				Department of Revenue Services (Form OR-248). A current Permit is one that has
				been issued no earlier than the first day of October of the year preceding the
				application for registration; or,
(B) A copy of the prior year's Federal Income
				Tax Form 1040F in the name of the applicant; or,
(C) Documents acceptable to the commissioner
				proving that the applicant is operating a farm having the gross annual sales
				required to qualify for farm registration. The commissioner may require that
				the documents be certified, or be reviewed and verified by a certified public
				accountant.
(4) The
				applicant shall be the same person, firm or corporation identified on the Sales
				Tax Exempt Permit or other documents submitted in accordance with subdivision
				(3), except that if the motor vehicle is leased, a farm registration may be
				issued to the owner thereof if the person operating the farm and identified on
				the documents is listed on the registration as the lessee. A farm registration
				may be issued to joint applicants who are individual persons, provided that one
				of the applicants is the person operating the farm as identified on the
				documents.
(5) The applicant shall
				sign, under penalty of false statement, a certification that the vehicle will
				be used exclusively for farming purposes as defined in subsection (c), and
				shall not be used for the purpose of transporting goods for hire, or for taking
				the on-the-road skills test portion of an examination for a motor vehicle
				operator's license.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "New car dealer" includes any person,
			 firm or corporation engaged in the business of merchandising new motor vehicles
			 under factory contract who may, incidental to such business, sell used motor
			 vehicles and repair motor vehicles or cause them to be repaired by qualified
			 persons in his employ. He shall be a qualified person and have a suitable and
			 adequate place of business, which shall be determined by the commissioner of
			 motor vehicles.
(b) "Used car
			 dealer" includes any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of
			 merchandising motor vehicles other than new who may, incidental to such
			 business, repair motor vehicles or cause them to be repaired by qualified
			 persons in his employ. He shall be a qualified person and have a suitable and
			 adequate place of business, which shall be determined by the commissioner of
			 motor vehicles.
(c) "Repairer"
			 includes any person, firm or corporation engaged in repairing, overhauling,
			 removing, adjusting, replacing, assembling or disassembling parts of any motor
			 vehicle. He shall be a qualified person having a suitable place of business and
			 having adequate equipment, but "repairer" shall exclude a person engaged in
			 making repairs to tires, upholstering, glazing, general blacksmithing, welding
			 and machine work on motor vehicle parts when parts involving such work are
			 disassembled and reassembled by a licensed repairer; provided lubricating motor
			 vehicles, changing tires and tubes or installing light bulbs, windshield wiper
			 blades, spark plugs, fan belts or other similar service incidental to the sale
			 of motor vehicle fuels shall not be construed as constituting the holder of a
			 gasoline pump license in this state a repairer under the provisions of
			 subdivision (d) of part III of chapter 246 of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-2 - Requirements for new car dealer

Current through July 10, 2024
The following minimum requirements for qualification as a new
				car dealer are established:
(a)
Previous experience:
At least one of the following:
(1) In some other line of endeavor;
(2) as a former employee of a
			 dealer;
(3) as a former member of a
			 firm having a dealer's license.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-3 - Requirements for used car dealer

Current through July 10, 2024
The following minimum requirements for qualification as a used
				car dealer are established:
(a)
Previous experience:
At least one of the following:
(1) In some other line of endeavor;
(2) as a former employee of a
			 dealer;
(3) as a former member of a
			 firm having a dealer's license.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-4 - Requirements for repairer

Current through July 10, 2024
The following minimum requirements for qualification as a
				repairer are established:
(a)
Previous experience:
At least one of the following:
(1) In some other line of endeavor;
(2) as a former employee of a
			 dealer or repairer;
(3) as a former
			 member of a firm having a dealer's or a repairer's license.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-4a - Requirements for limited repairer

Current through July 10, 2024
The following minimum requirements for qualification as a
				limited repairer are established:
(a)
Training or experience:
A person shall be deemed capable of
			 performing the duties of a limited repairer if he (1) in the opinion of the
			 commissioner is a qualified mechanic who has a thorough knowledge of the
			 services to be rendered, or (2) has a certificate of completion of a
			 specialized course from a service school approved by the commissioner, or (3)
			 has satisfactory proof of previous employment by a licensed repairer for a
			 period of three years, or (4) has successfully passed an examination given by
			 the motor vehicle department.
(b)
Personal:
(1) Two
			 recommendations from former employers or business associates,
(2) two credit statements from reputable
			 business firms,
(3) the requirements
			 of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection shall apply to each member of a
			 firm.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-4b - Repair of unit body construction vehicles

Current through July 10, 2024
A licensee which is a new car dealer, used car dealer or
				repairer and which engages in the structural repair of unit body construction
				motor vehicles shall have and maintain in good operating condition the
				following tools and equipment:
(1)
			 Apparatus permitting four (4) point clamping to secure the vehicle while making
			 structural repairs;
(2) Electrical
			 or hydraulic pulling equipment appropriate to the type of repair;
(3) Equipment for making three-dimensional
			 measurements for both symmetrical and asymmetrical vehicles;
(4) Reference guides providing dimensions
			 appropriate to the vehicle being repaired;
(5) Welding equipment meeting vehicle
			 manufacturer's requirements for the specific structural repair;
(6) Painting equipment capable of refinishing
			 vehicles to the manufacturer's original specifications; and
(7) Equipment for applying corrosion
			 protection to the vehicle meeting the manufacturer's specifications.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-6 - Approval by local authority

Current through July 10, 2024
A hearing on the location shall be held and the approval
				certificate, which is part of the additional information sheet, shall be signed
				by the proper authorities.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-7 - Approval by police authority

Current through July 10, 2024
The additional information sheet shall be approved by the chief
				of police where there is an organized police force and, where there is none, by
				the commander of the state police barracks in the territory where such location
				is to be.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-8 - Presentation of application for license

Current through July 10, 2024
When applications have been properly filled out, they may be
				presented to the department with a fee of forty dollars for the initial
				examination of the proposed location. In addition, a copy of the advertisement
				of the local hearing and a blue print or accurate sketch of the proposed
				location shall accompany the application.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-9 - Final approval

Current through July 10, 2024
Upon final approval of the application by the commissioner of
				motor vehicles, the applicant may then present the necessary fees, together
				with proof of financial responsibility, whereupon the license will be
				issued.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-12 - Change in location

Current through July 10, 2024
When a change in location is contemplated, notification shall
				be made to the department before the change is made. If the new location has
				not been previously approved, the same procedure shall be followed as if it
				were a new application.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-13 - License nontransferable. Change in name

Current through July 10, 2024
A dealer's or repairer's license is not transferable. A change
				of name may be granted as long as the personnel of the concern remains the
				same.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 63 - Motor Vehicle Dealers and Repairers Licensing and Operation › Section 14-63-15 - Use of dealers' and repairers' plates

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Business use.
Dealer plates may be used for the demonstrating,
			 testing and delivering of new, used and repaired motor vehicles, for service
			 cars, wreckers and any use connected with a licensee's business. Motor vehicles
			 so registered shall not be rented, operated for hire or, if commercial
			 vehicles, operated under any circumstances with a load.
(b)
Personal use.
Repealed,
			 February 22, 1985.
(c)
Legal
			 Loan.
Dealers' plates, or a motor vehicle bearing dealers' plates, may
			 be loaned for a period not to exceed thirty days in any year for the following
			 purposes:
(1) For the trial of motor
			 vehicles;
(2) for use while a
			 customer's motor vehicle, properly registered, is being repaired;
(3) for use while a registration is being
			 obtained. Repairers' plates, or a motor vehicle bearing repairers' plates, may
			 be loaned for a period not to exceed thirty days in any year for use while a
			 customer's motor vehicle, properly registered, is being
			 repaired.