South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 38 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 5 - STATE TRANSPORT POLICE REGULATIONS › Subarticle 1 - UNMANUFACTURED FOREST PRODUCTS TRUCKING REGULATIONS › Part 38-391 - QUALIFICATIONS OF DRIVERS › Subpart C - BACKGROUND AND CHARACTER › Section 38-391.21 - Application for employment

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
(a)
					 Except as provided in subpart G of 38-382, a person shall not drive a
					 commercial motor vehicle unless he/she has completed and furnished the motor
					 carrier that employs him/her with an application for employment that meets the
					 requirements of paragraph (b).
(b)
					 The application for employment shall be made on a form furnished by the motor
					 carrier. Each application form must be completed by the applicant, must be
					 signed by him/her, and must contain the following information:
(1) The name and address of the employing
					 motor carrier;
(2) The applicant's
					 name, address, date of birth, and social security number;
(3) The addresses at which the applicant has
					 resided during the 3 years preceding the date on which the application is
					 submitted;
(4) The date on which
					 the applicant is submitted;
(5) The
					 issuing State, number, and expiration date of each unexpired commercial motor
					 vehicle operator's license or permit that has been issued to the
					 applicant;
(6) The nature and
					 extent of the applicant's experience in the operation of motor vehicles,
					 including they type of equipment (such as buses, trucks, truck tractors,
					 semitrailers, full trailers, and pole trailers) which he/she has
					 operated;
(7) A list of all motor
					 vehicle accidents in which the applicant was involved during the 3 years
					 preceding the date the application is submitted, specifying the date and nature
					 of each accident and any fatalities or personal injuries it caused;
(8) A list of all violations of motor vehicle
					 laws or ordinances (other than violations involving only parking) of which the
					 applicant was convicted or forfeited bond or collateral during the 3 years
					 preceding the date the application is submitted;
(9) A statement setting forth in detail the
					 facts and circumstances of any denial, revocation, or suspension of any
					 license, permit, or privilege to operate a motor vehicle that has been issued
					 to the applicant, or a statement that no such denial, revocation, or suspension
					 has occurred;
(10)
(i) A list of the names and addresses of the
					 applicant's employers during the 3 years preceding the date the application is
					 submitted;
(ii) The dates he or she
					 was employed by that employer;
(iii) The reason for leaving the employ of
					 that employer;
(iv) After October
					 29, 2004, whether the
(A) Applicant was
					 subject to the FMCSRs while employed by that previous employer;
(B) Job was designated as a safety sensitive
					 function in any DOT regulated mode subject to alcohol and controlled substances
					 testing requirements as required by 49 CFT Part 40;
(11) For those drivers applying to
					 operate a commercial motor vehicle as defined by Part 38-383 of this
					 regulation, a list of the names and addresses of the applicant's employers
					 during the 7-year period preceding the 3 years contained in paragraph (b)(10)
					 for which the applicant was an operator of a commercial motor vehicle, together
					 with the dates of employment and the reasons for leaving such employment;
					 and
(12) The following
					 certification and signature line, which must appear at the end of the
					 application form and be signed by the applicant:
This certifies that this application was completed by me,
						and that all entries on it and information in it are true and complete to the
						best of my knowledge.
______________________________________
(Date)
______________________________________
(Applicant's signature)