Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 761 - Transportation Department › Driver Licenses › Chapter 607 - Commercial Driver Licensing › Rule 761-607.17 - Endorsements

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All endorsements except the hazardous material endorsement
				  continue to be valid without retesting or additional fees when renewing or
				  upgrading a license. The endorsements that authorize additional commercial
				  motor vehicle operations with a commercial driver's license are:
(1)
Hazardous material.
A
				hazardous material endorsement (H) is required to transport hazardous
				materials. The hazardous material endorsement is only valid when the applicant
				or holder of the endorsement complies with the Transportation Security
				Administration's security threat assessment standards specified in
				49 CFR Sections
				383.71(b)(8) and
				383.141. Before the
				department administers the knowledge test for a hazardous material endorsement
				to an applicant for the first time, the applicant shall comply with the
				entry-level driver training requirements as provided in Iowa Code section
				321.188.
				To obtain or retain the hazardous material endorsement, the applicant or holder
				must pass a knowledge test as required under
				49 CFR Section
				383.121 and pay the endorsement fee.
				Retesting and fee payment are also required when an applicant transfers a
				commercial driver's license from another state unless, as provided in
				49 CFR Section
				383.73, the transfer applicant provides
				evidence of passing the knowledge test as required under
				49 CFR Section
				383.121 within the preceding 24 months. A
				farmer or a person working for a farmer is not subject to the hazardous
				material endorsement while operating either a pickup or a special truck within
				150 air miles of the farmer's farm to transport supplies to or from the
				farm.
(2)
Passenger
				vehicle.
A passenger vehicle endorsement (P) is required to operate a
				passenger vehicle as defined in rule
				761-607.3 (321). Before the
				department administers the skills test for a passenger vehicle endorsement to
				an applicant for the first time, the applicant shall comply with the
				entry-level driver training requirements as provided in Iowa Code section
				321.188.
(3)
Tank
				vehicle.
A tank vehicle endorsement (N) is required to operate a tank
				vehicle as defined in Iowa Code section 321.1. A vehicle transporting a tank,
				regardless of the tank's capacity, which does not otherwise meet the definition
				of a commercial motor vehicle in Iowa Code section
				321.1
				is not a tank vehicle.
(4)
Double/triple trailer.
A double/triple trailer endorsement (T)
				is required to operate a commercial motor vehicle with two or more towed
				trailers when the combination of vehicles meets the criteria for a Class A
				commercial motor vehicle. Operation of a triple trailer combination vehicle is
				not permitted in Iowa.
(5)
Hazardous material and tank.
A combined endorsement (X)
				authorizes both hazardous material and tank vehicle operations.
(6)
School bus.
A school bus
				endorsement (S) is required to operate a school bus as defined in rule
				761-607.3(321). An applicant for a school bus endorsement must also qualify for
				a passenger vehicle endorsement. Before the department administers the skills
				test for a school bus endorsement to an applicant for the first time, the
				applicant shall comply with the entry-level driver training requirements as
				provided in Iowa Code section
				321.188.
(7)
Exceptions for towing
				operations.
a. A driver who tows a
				vehicle in an emergency "first move" from the site of a vehicle malfunction or
				accident on a highway to the nearest appropriate repair facility is not
				required to have the endorsement(s) applicable to the towed vehicle. In any
				subsequent move, a driver who tows a vehicle from one repair or disposal
				facility to another is required to have the endorsement(s) applicable to the
				towed vehicle with one exception: A tow truck driver is not required to have a
				passenger endorsement to tow a passenger vehicle.
b. The double/triple trailer endorsement is
				not required to operate a commercial motor vehicle with two or more towed
				vehicles that are not trailers.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				  321.1,
				  321.176A,
				  321.188
				  and
				  321.1
				  89.