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 14-44-5 - Evidence of meeting qualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each driver who
				applies for an endorsement to transport passengers, including passengers who
				are students, shall be required to complete and execute, under penalty of false
				statement as provided in section
				53a-157b
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, a written application in such form or
				manner as the commissioner directs, containing an attestation by the driver
				that he or she meets the standards set forth in section
				14-44-4
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and such additional
				information concerning the applicant as the commissioner may require. Each
				driver who applies for a renewal of such an endorsement to his or her license
				shall be required to attest, in such form and manner as the commissioner
				directs, that he or she continues to meet the standards of the above-referenced
				section.
(b) In reviewing any
				original application or renewal as submitted by a driver, the commissioner or
				his designee may review the driver's official driving history record, as
				maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the official records of any
				state or federal criminal justice agency, as pertain to such driver. The
				contents of any such official record, duly transmitted and certified, shall be
				presumed to be complete and accurate, unless evidence to the contrary is
				presented. Each original application shall be supported by the applicant's
				fingerprints, in such format and media as the commissioner directs. All
				original applicants for an endorsement to transport passengers, including
				passengers who are students, shall be required to undergo a fingerprint based
				Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) criminal record check, in addition to the
				State Police Bureau of Identification criminal record check required for all
				applicants, and the commissioner may decline to issue any endorsement until the
				necessary checks are completed and an evaluation of their contents is
				made.
(c) Notwithstanding any other
				provision of this section, or of section
				14-44-6
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the commissioner shall deny
				any original application or application for renewal that is found to contain
				false, or substantially inaccurate or incomplete information, including, but
				not limited to, a failure to disclose on the application any matter pertaining
				to a criminal arrest or conviction.
(d) In performing a criminal record check in
				accordance with the requirements of section
				14-44
				of the Connecticut General Statutes and subsection (b) of this section, the
				commissioner or his designee shall make inquiries, based on sufficient personal
				identification information provided by the applicant, to the electronic systems
				maintained by the State Police Bureau of Identification (SPBI), the National
				Criminal Information Center (NCIC), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
				(FBI). In any case where the SPBI, NCIC or FBI check is positive and warrants a
				denial of the endorsement on the part of the commissioner, the applicant shall
				be notified promptly in writing. Such notice may include a summary withdrawal
				or suspension of the endorsement, as necessary and in accordance with the
				standards of section
				4-182
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.