Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 19 - MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION-SCHOOL VEHICLES › Chapter 11.19.04 - School Vehicle Inspection › Section 11.19.04.03 - School Vehicle Inspection Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Type A Inspections. During each 12-month
				period, the owner of a school vehicle shall submit to the Administration a
				certification that a Type A inspection was completed by the owner, or the
				owner's representative, within the previous 12 months.
B. Type B Inspections.
(1) In addition to the Type A inspection
				required under §A of this regulation, school vehicles shall receive a Type
				B inspection two times a year.
(2)
				The Board of Education shall perform the Type B inspection on school vehicles
				owned or contracted to them.
(3)
				Other school vehicles shall be inspected by the owner or the owner's
				representative.
(4) One Type B
				inspection shall be:
(a) Observed and recorded
				by an MVA compliance agent; and
(b)
				Witnessed by the:
(i) Supervisor of
				transportation, or the supervisor's authorized representative, for school
				vehicles publicly owned or under contract to a Board of Education, or
(ii) Owner, or the owner's authorized
				representative, for school buses owned by or under contract to a private or
				parochial school.
(5) Type B Inspection Scheduling.
(a) Type B inspections shall be scheduled at
				least 60 days apart.
(b) The
				Administration shall schedule:
(i) One of the
				Type B inspections for school vehicles publicly owned, or under contract to, a
				Board of Education; and
(ii) All
				Type B inspections for school vehicles operating for private or parochial
				schools.
(c) The other
				Type B inspection for school vehicles publicly owned and school vehicles under
				contract to the Board of Education shall be scheduled by the Board of
				Education's transportation supervisor.
(6) The Board of Education's transportation
				supervisor shall notify the Administration, in writing, of the date and
				location of the inspections of all school vehicles publicly owned or under
				contract with the Board of Education.
(7) For school vehicles used to transport
				students to a private or parochial school, the school's transportation
				supervisor or the owner of the school vehicles shall notify the Administration,
				in writing, of the inspection locations.
(8) Major Defects.
(a) If a major defect that cannot be
				immediately corrected is discovered during an inspection observed by an MVA
				compliance agent, the MVA compliance agent shall:
(i) Issue a school vehicle equipment repair
				order;
(ii) Suspend the school
				vehicle's registration; and
(iii)
				Confiscate the school vehicle's plates.
(b) If a major defect is discovered and
				corrected during an inspection, the MVA compliance agent shall record the
				defect and note that it was corrected during the inspection.
(c) Vehicle Removed From Service.
(i) If a major defect that cannot be
				immediately corrected is discovered during an inspection not observed by an MVA
				compliance agent, the Administration shall be notified immediately and the
				vehicle shall be removed from service.
(ii) The Administration may suspend the
				registration of a vehicle removed from service and confiscate the vehicle
				registration plates.
(iii) When all
				major defects are corrected, the school vehicle owner or the Board of Education
				may return the vehicle to service if the Administration has not suspended the
				vehicle's registration.
(iv) If the
				Administration has suspended the vehicle's registration, the school vehicle
				owner or the Board of Education shall arrange for an inspection by an MVA
				compliance agent.
(v) The
				Administration shall return the registration plates when the school vehicle
				successfully passes reinspection.
(9) Minor Defects.
(a) If a minor defect is discovered during an
				inspection observed by an MVA compliance agent, the MVA compliance agent shall
				issue a school vehicle equipment repair order.
(b) When all minor defects on publicly owned
				school vehicles are corrected, the local supervisor of transportation or the
				supervisor's authorized agent shall certify on the school vehicle equipment
				repair order that the minor defects are corrected, and shall return the school
				vehicle equipment repair order to the Administration within 30 days of the
				inspection.
(c) When all minor
				defects on non-publicly owned school vehicles are corrected, the owner of the
				vehicles or the owner's authorized agent shall certify on the school vehicle
				equipment repair order that the minor defects are corrected and return the
				school vehicle equipment repair order to the Administration within 30 days of
				the inspection.
(d) Failure to
				correct all minor defects and certify that they have been corrected, or to
				return the school vehicle equipment repair order to the Administration within
				30 days, shall result in the suspension of the school vehicle's
				registration.