Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Part III - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Drivers License › Subchapter A - General Requirements › Section III-117 - Third-Party Testers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All persons
				  or entities desiring certification as third-party testers shall apply for
				  certified third-party tester status on a form prepared and furnished by the
				  Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles and shall
				  furnish all requested information contained thereon and all necessary
				  documentation requested. In order to qualify for a certified third-party tester
				  status an applicant must, at a minimum, meet the following qualifications:
1. maintain a place of business in the state
				  of Louisiana which operates from a permanent and regularly occupied structure
				  which is safe and meets all requirements of federal, state or local
				  law;
2. maintain at least one
				  full-time certified third-party examiner on its payroll;
3. agree to maintain at each approved
				  third-party testing site or place of business for a minimum of five years all
				  records of each driver-applicant for whom third-party tester has conduced any
				  skills testing, whether or not said driver-applicant passes or fails any such
				  testing;
4. agree to further
				  maintain at each approved third-party testing site or place of business for a
				  minimum of five years a record of each certified third-party examiner in the
				  employ of the third-party tester;
5. for purposes of this Section, the
				  five-year period specified for maintaining driver-applicant records runs from
				  the date of the test and said period related to third-party examiners is to
				  commence on the date the third-party examiner leaves the employ of third-party
				  tester;
6. applicants that are not
				  proprietary schools or educational institutions shall employ at least 15
				  licensed commercial drivers on a full or part-time basis;
7. all applicants must have been in operation
				  in the state of Louisiana for a minimum period of two years prior to the date
				  of application for certified third-party testing status;
8. have currently established a commercial
				  motor vehicle training program;
9.
				  agree to enter into a third-party tester agreement with the Department of
				  Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles setting forth the
				  responsibilities and any additional requirements for certified third-party
				  tester status;
10. have a basic
				  control skills' test course and road test route approved by the
				  department.
11. All CDL third-party
				  testers shall execute a good and sufficient surety bond with a surety company
				  qualified to do business in Louisiana as surety, in the sum of $10,000. The
				  bond shall name The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of
				  Motor Vehicles, as oblige. The bond shall remain in effect throughout the
				  duration of the contract.
12. The
				  CDL third-party tester shall require its examiners to annually submit to a
				  fingerprint background check as part of the examiner application process. The
				  third-party tester or the examiners employed by the tester shall pay any fees
				  charged in connection with the fingerprint background check as may be agreed
				  between the tester and the examiner. Any fees for fingerprinting or doing the
				  background check are paid to the respective law enforcement agencies providing
				  the service.
13. The CDL
				  third-party tester shall not charge a fee in excess of $100 for the
				  administration of a skills test. The third-party test shall clearly indicate in
				  writing that this fee is for the administration of the skills test.