Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 14 - MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION-VEHICLE INSPECTIONS › Chapter 11.14.01 - General Inspection › Section 11.14.01.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In COMAR
				11.14.01-11.14.06 and 11.14.09, the following terms have the meanings
				indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administration" means the State Motor
				Vehicle Administration of the Maryland Department of Transportation.
(2) "Authorized dealer" means a Maryland
				dealer licensed as a truck inspection station.
(3) "Authorized inspection station" means a
				facility which has been licensed to perform inspections on, issue certificates
				to, or certify safety equipment repair orders for a specific class of vehicle.
				The following classes of stations are authorized to inspect the types of
				vehicles listed and any other type of vehicle authorized by the Division:
(a) A-passenger vehicles, limousines, low
				speed vehicles, recreational motor homes, trucks 10,000 pounds and under GVWR,
				trailers not equipped with air brakes, up to 20 feet in length, and
				multipurpose passenger vehicles, except 3-wheeled multipurpose
				vehicles;
(b) B-any trailer,
				including those equipped with air brakes;
(c) C-trucks, truck tractors, buses,
				recreational motor homes, converted buses, and limousines over 10,000 pounds
				GVWR;
(d) D-combination of Classes
				B and C;
(e) F-fleet (must own,
				operate, or control at least 15 vehicles);
(f) M-motorcycles and 3-wheeled multipurpose
				vehicles, and trailers 20 feet or less in length, if the trailers are not
				equipped with air brakes;
(g)
				R-recreational motor homes and converted buses;
(h) T-any trailer up to 10,000 pounds GVWR
				not equipped with air brakes; and
(i) G-combination of Classes R and
				T.
(4) "Bed" means the
				load-carrying part temporarily or permanently attached to a vehicle and
				separated from the passenger compartment and fully enclosed on both sides by
				sideboards or side panels, on the front by a board or panel or by the cab of
				the vehicle and, on the rear, by a tailgate, board, or panel.
(5) "Controller" means an individual who has
				submitted a Division application, passed a written examination administered by
				the Division, and been approved by the Division to control the dispensing of
				inspection certificates to registered inspection mechanics at an authorized
				inspection station.
(6)
				"Conviction" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										11-110, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(7) "Covert vehicle"
				means a vehicle used by the Division to monitor compliance with COMAR
				11.14.01-11.14.06 and 11.14.09, by authorized inspection station
				personnel.
(8) Covert Vehicle
				Inspection.
(a) "Covert vehicle inspection"
				means the submission of a covert vehicle to an authorized inspection station
				for inspection.
(b) Covert vehicle
				inspection may include the presentation of a fictitious safety equipment repair
				order written for the purpose of covert investigation.
(9) "Dealer" means a dealer who is licensed
				in this State under Title 15 of the Transportation Article of the Annotated
				Code of Maryland.
(10) "Division"
				means the Automotive Safety Enforcement Division of the Department of State
				Police.
(11) "Enclosures" means the
				front, rear, and sides of a vehicle bed as defined in Transportation Article,
				§
										24-106.1(d)(1),
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(12)
				"Facility" means a dealer, vehicle repair garage, repair shop, or gasoline
				service station.
(13) "Fictitious
				safety equipment repair order" means a safety equipment repair order that is an
				authentic document, prepared by Division personnel, containing information that
				may be fabricated for the purpose of submission for inspection and compliance
				with COMAR.
(14) "GVWR" means the
				gross vehicle weight rating as determined by the manufacturer.
(15) "Inspection certificate" means a written
				certification by an inspection station that:
(a) Certifies that, as of its date, a
				specified vehicle meets or exceeds the standards for equipment established in
				these regulations; and
(b) Is
				signed and dated on behalf of the inspection station by the registered
				individual who personally inspected the vehicle.
(16) "Licensee" means the owner of a private
				business, all partners of a partnership and, in cases of corporations, the
				corporate officer or person with written power of attorney or any other
				representative of the corporation as defined under Regulation .02A(3) of this
				chapter.
(17) "Limousine" means a
				vehicle that:
(a) Has been modified or
				stretched for transportation of passengers;
(b) Is driven as part of a service provided
				by a person that advertises itself as a provider of limousine services or
				registers with the Public Service Commission as a provider of limousine
				services; or
(c) Is equipped with
				amenities not normally provided in passenger cars, including a custom interior,
				television, video cassette recorder, musical sound system, telephone, ice
				storage area, additional interior lighting, and driver-passenger communication
				such as an intercom or power-operated driver partition.
(18) "Load cover" means a device made of
				canvas or other type material and used to enclose the open top of a vehicle
				bed.
(19) "Loose material" means
				loose material as defined in Transportation Article, §
										24-106.1(a),
				Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR
				11.15.20.01B.
(20) "Low speed vehicle" means a
				four-wheeled electric vehicle that has a maximum speed capability that exceeds
				20 miles per hour but is less than 25 miles per hour.
(21) "Modular home trailer" means a trailer
				manufactured solely for the purpose of transporting modular homes or portions
				of modular homes. These vehicles may be inspected if they are overwidth or
				overlength, provided a permit has been issued by the State Highway
				Administration permitting movement on the highway.
(22) "Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle that:
(a) Has motive power;
(b) Has a seat or saddle for the use of the
				rider;
(c) Is designed to travel:
(i) On not more than three wheels in contact
				with the ground; and
(ii) At speeds
				exceeding 35 miles per hour; and
(d) Is of a type required to comply with all
				motor vehicle safety standards applicable to motorcycles under federal
				law.
(23) "Multipurpose
				passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle that:
(a) Is designed primarily for carrying
				persons which is constructed on a truck chassis or with special features for
				occasional off-road operations;
(b)
				Has 3 wheels; or
(c) Is of unique
				design that does not clearly meet the requirements of any other class as
				determined by the Division, except 4-wheel drive passenger vehicles (sedans,
				convertibles, and station wagons).
(24) "Police officer" means a uniformed
				police officer or a civilian employee of the Department of State Police as
				defined in Transportation Article, §§
										11-147 and
				23-101(g),
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(25)
				"Post manufacture window tint inspection report" means a form that:
(a) Has been approved by the
				Division;
(b) Has been completed by
				a registered inspection mechanic of an authorized inspection station approved
				to inspect post manufacture vehicle window tint; and
(c) Includes owner and vehicle information
				and light transmittance readings of regulated windows equipped with post
				manufacture window tint.
(26) "Post manufacture window tint medical
				exemption form" means a form issued by the Division for the purpose of
				providing notification and documentation to an authorized inspection station
				performing an inspection of a vehicle that:
(a) Is owned by a person who must be
				protected from the sun for medical reasons and has been determined by the
				Division that the owner has met the medical exemption requirements established
				in Transportation Article, §
											22-406, Annotated Code
				of Maryland; and
(b) Excluding the
				light transmittance requirement, is compliant with all other post manufacture
				window tinting regulations under this subtitle.
(27) "Rebuilding" means the restoring of a
				salvage vehicle as set forth in Transportation Article, §
										13-506, Annotated Code
				of Maryland, or a vehicle which is inoperable because of the need for major or
				extensive repairs to the body, frame, suspension, engine, or drive
				train.
(28) "Registered inspection
				mechanic" means an individual who:
(a) Has
				passed the appropriate written test;
(b) Has demonstrated proficiency with
				inspection and test equipment; and
(c) Is not under any type of administrative
				sanctions.
(29) "SAE"
				means the Society of Automotive Engineers.
(30) "Safety equipment repair order (SERO)"
				means a written directive ordering repair of defective equipment on a specified
				vehicle.
(31) Second-Stage
				Manufacturer.
(a) "Second-stage manufacturer"
				means a licensed second-stage manufacturer as defined in Transportation
				Article, §
											15-201, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(b) "Second-stage
				manufacturer" includes a person who works on an incomplete vehicle so that it
				becomes a complete vehicle in accordance with COMAR 11.15.27 and Transportation
				Article, §
											15-201, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(32)
				"Securement hardware" means any device or equipment used to attach or secure a
				cover on a vehicle bed.
(33)
				"Specially constructed vehicle" means a vehicle which was not originally
				constructed under a distinctive name, make, model, or type by a generally
				recognized manufacturer of vehicles and has not been materially altered from
				its original construction, including kit cars and replicas of previously
				manufactured vehicles.
(34) "State
				police" means the Maryland State Police.
(35) "Supervisor" means an individual who:
(a) Has submitted a Division application,
				passed a written examination administered by the Division, and been approved by
				the Division to act on behalf of a licensee; and
(b) Is responsible for and supervises the
				daily operation of the inspection program at the licensee's facility.
(36) Vehicle.
(a) "Vehicle" means, except as otherwise
				provided in this regulation, any vehicle registered or to be registered in this
				State as:
(i) Class A (passenger)
				vehicle;
(ii) Class E (truck)
				vehicle;
(iii) Class F (tractor)
				vehicle;
(iv) Class G (trailer)
				vehicle;
(v) Class J (vanpool)
				vehicle;
(vi) Class M
				(multipurpose) vehicle;
(vii) Class
				B (for hire) vehicle;
(viii) Class
				D (motorcycle) vehicle;
(ix) Class
				Q (limousine) vehicle;
(x) For the
				purpose of load covers required by Transportation Article, §
												24-106.1, Annotated
				Code of Maryland, any vehicle as defined in Transportation Article, §
												11-176, Annotated Code
				of Maryland; or
(xi) For the
				purpose of safety equipment repair orders only, any motor vehicle, trailer, or
				semitrailer, except as provided in §B(36)(b) of this regulation.
(b) "Vehicle" does not include any
				Class L (historic) vehicle, Class N (street rod) vehicle, or trailer which is a
				mobile home as defined in Transportation Article, §
											11-134, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(37)
				"Vehicle inspection handbook" means copies of regulations governing motor
				vehicle inspection which have been compiled in a handbook obtained from the
				Office of the Secretary of State, Division of State Documents, for the State of
				Maryland.