Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-47 - Commercial Driver's License › Section 4501-47-03 - Requirements for third-party examiners

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates and availability of
				material incorporated by reference in this rule, see paragraph (A) of rule
				4501-47-01
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
			 No person shall conduct or administer a "skills test" for CDL applicants unless
			 such person first obtains a third-party examiner certification from the
			 director. Each person applying for or maintaining certification as a
			 third-party examiner must meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Be at least twenty-one years of age, with
			 a minimum of five years experience as a holder of any type of driver's license
			 and at least three years experience as a holder of a commercial driver's
			 license (unless waived by the department).
(2) Successfully complete a third-party
			 examiner training program approved by the department of public safety in
			 accordance with
			 49 C.F.R.
			 383.75
									.
(3) Demonstrate a
			 comprehensive understanding of all information in the commercial driver's
			 license manual and the commercial driver's license examiner's manual.
			 Applicants must also demonstrate the ability to correctly administer and score
			 each of the CDL skills tests. Examiners maintaining certification must
			 correctly administer and score each of the CDL skills tests.
(4) Demonstrate a criminal conviction history
			 free of any felony as defined in the Revised Code or under the laws of any
			 other state or jurisdiction, or a misdemeanor I or II as defined in the Revised
			 Code 
									that is reasonably related to a person's ability to
			 serve safely and honestly as a third-party examiner or equivalent conviction
			 from another jurisdiction. The director shall have the discretion to revoke the
			 certification of a person as a third-party examiner upon notice of an offense,
			 determined by the director to be of a nature or severity inconsistent with the
			 standards expected of third-party examiners.
(5) Be physically and mentally qualified to
			 carry out the duties of a third-party examiner as certified by a licensed
			 physician legally qualified to practice medicine.
(6) Have a driving record free of any of the
			 following:
(a) Two or more chargeable
			 accidents within the three years preceding the date of application;
(b) Three or more moving violations, or an
			 accumulation of six points or more under Chapter 4510. of the Revised Code, or
			 equivalent action from another jurisdiction, within the preceding three
			 years;
(c) A twelve-point
			 administrative suspension under Chapter 4510. of the Revised Code, or
			 equivalent action from another jurisdiction within the preceding ten years.
(d) Any conviction for an offense
			 described in section 4506.15 of the Revised Code
			 within the past three years.
(e)
			 Conviction of two or more serious violations as defined in section
			 4506.01 of the Revised Code
			 within the three years preceding the application.
(7) Maintain the proper CDL class and
			 endorsements for the type of testing to be conducted.