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Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Applicants for Commercial Driver's Licenses, Permits, Renewals and Endorsements › Section 280-RICR-30-05-1.8 - Grounds for Discretionary Ineligibility for Issuance of a Commercial Driver's License, Permit, Renewal or Endorsement

Current through June 14, 2024
A.
				 Unless at a hearing it is determined that operation of a commercial vehicle by
				 the applicant would not pose a risk to the safety and welfare of the general
				 public, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall not issue a commercial driver's
				 license, permit, renewal or endorsement to any person determined to fall within
				 the following categories:
1. Where the
				 application contains inaccurate or incomplete information;
2. Where other information obtained from a
				 reliable source during the course of the application process presents the
				 person to whom the application has been made with reasonable suspicion that the
				 applicant is not fit or competent to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle.
				 Any DMV employee who refuses to issue a commercial driver's license, permit,
				 renewal or endorsement to any applicant pursuant to this rule shall specify in
				 writing the factual basis for the denial, which must relate directly to an
				 incident during which the applicant was driving a motor vehicle, and identify
				 the source of the information which led to the denial. This information shall
				 be provided to the applicant at the time of denial. Any DMV employee who
				 refuses to issue a commercial driver's license, permit, renewal or endorsement
				 to any applicant pursuant to this rule shall not use as the basis for denial
				 any incident which would not be cause for denial under or in direct
				 contravention to any other rule within these Rules and Regulations.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Applicants for Commercial Driver's Licenses, Permits, Renewals and Endorsements › Section 280-RICR-30-05-1.9 - Notice of Denial

Current through June 14, 2024
The Division of Motor Vehicles shall notify in writing any
					 individual whose application for a commercial driver's license, renewal, permit
					 or endorsement has been denied. The notice shall contain the legal and factual
					 basis for the denial, the procedure for requesting a hearing and a description
					 of the individual's rights during the appeals process, as set forth in R.I.
					 Gen. Laws §
										31-11-7(b).
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Applicants for Commercial Driver's Licenses, Permits, Renewals and Endorsements › Section 280-RICR-30-05-1.10 - Hearing

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Request
1. Upon receiving a hearing request from an
				 individual whose application has been denied, the Division of Motor Vehicles
				 shall afford a hearing as early as practical, but no later than twenty (20)
				 days after receiving the request, as set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											31-11-7(b).
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Applicants for Commercial Driver's Licenses, Permits, Renewals and Endorsements › Section 280-RICR-30-05-1.11 - Appeals

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Any person aggrieved by any order of the
				 Administrator of the Division of Motor Vehicles regarding license denial may
				 appeal the order to the sixth division of the district court by filing, within
				 ten (10) days from the date of the notice to such person of the issuance of the
				 order appealed from, a petition in the Sixth Division District Court stating
				 the grounds upon which the appeal is taken, as set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws
				 §
										31-11-15.
B. A party aggrieved by a final order of the
				 court may seek further appellate review pursuant to the procedures set forth in
				 R.I. Gen. Laws §
										42-35-15.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Applicants for Commercial Driver's Licenses, Permits, Renewals and Endorsements › Section 280-RICR-30-05-1.12 - Renewals

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Licenses shall be renewed every five (5)
				 years.
B. Any individual seventy
				 (70) years of age or older shall be required to renew their license every two
				 (2) years and shall be required to pass a skills test at the time of renewal.
				 The skills test will not be required so long as the renewal applicant is in
				 possession of a valid medical examination certificate issued pursuant to
				  49 C.F.R. §§
											391.41 through  391.49,
				 incorporated in §
										1.3     of this Part.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Applicants for Commercial Driver's Licenses, Permits, Renewals and Endorsements › Section 280-RICR-30-05-1.13 - Liberal Construction

Current through June 14, 2024
The terms and provisions of these Rules and Regulations
					 shall be liberally construed to permit the Division of Motor Vehicles to
					 effectuate the purposes of state law, goals, and policies.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Applicants for Commercial Driver's Licenses, Permits, Renewals and Endorsements › Section 280-RICR-30-05-1.14 - Severability

Current through June 14, 2024
If any provision of these Rules and Regulations or the
					 application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, such
					 invalidity shall not affect the provisions or application of the Rules and
					 Regulations which can be given effect, and to this end the provisions of these
					 Rules and Regulations are declared to be severable.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CERTIFICATION › Section 280-RICR-30-05-2.1 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
This Part is promulgated pursuant to the authority granted
					 in R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										31-2-1,
					  31-2-3,
					  31-2-4,
					  31-10-3,
					  31-10-5,
					 and
					  31-22-10.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CERTIFICATION › Section 280-RICR-30-05-2.2 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The purposes of this Part is to prescribe conditions under
					 which a person may be qualified to operate a school bus transporting school
					 children in this state in order to fully protect the health, safety and welfare
					 of all persons riding school buses. These regulations shall be used by the
					 Division personnel in making the discretionary determination vested in the
					 Division to issue such licenses.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CERTIFICATION › Section 280-RICR-30-05-2.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. For the purposes of this Part, the
				 following term shall have the following meaning:
1. "Division" means Division of Motor
				 Vehicles in the Department of Revenue.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CERTIFICATION › Section 280-RICR-30-05-2.4 - Applicability

Current through June 14, 2024
All persons who apply to obtain a chauffeur's license and a
					 certificate to drive a school bus transporting school children shall be
					 governed by these regulations in the application process.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CERTIFICATION › Section 280-RICR-30-05-2.5 - Severability

Current through June 14, 2024
These regulations are hereby declared to be severable, and
					 if any portion of these regulations shall at any time be declared to be
					 unenforceable or illegal, no other portion these regulations shall be affected
					 thereby.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CERTIFICATION › Section 280-RICR-30-05-2.6 - Period of School Bus Certificate

Current through June 14, 2024
Every certificate issued pursuant to these regulations
					 shall expire on June 30 of each year. Prior to driving a school bus
					 transporting school children subsequent to expiration of a certificate, a new
					 application shall be completed and a new certificate issued.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CERTIFICATION › Section 280-RICR-30-05-2.7 - Qualifications for School Bus Certificate

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Prior to
				 receiving a School Bus Certificate an applicant must demonstrate to the
				 satisfaction of the Division that the following conditions have been met:
1. Successful completion of a ten (10) hour
				 school bus driver training course for first time applicants or a three (3) hour
				 retraining course for renewal applicants conducted by the Division or its
				 designee;
2. A passing score on a
				 written examination prepared and given by the Division or its
				 designee;
3. Successful completion
				 of a school bus driving test given by the Division (this requirement may be
				 waived for renewal applications);
4. At least one year of driving
				 experience;
5. Satisfactory proof
				 of age (twenty-one (21) years of age); and
6. Satisfactory completion of an application
				 form including three (3) certificates of good character completed by persons to
				 whom the applicant is well known.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CERTIFICATION › Section 280-RICR-30-05-2.8 - Competency and Fitness of Applicant (Mandatory Considerations)

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Division personnel making
				 determinations as to issuance of School Bus Certificates shall not issue such a
				 certificate to any person determined to fit into the following categories:
1. Conviction of or adjudication of two (2)
				 moving violations within a twelve (12) month period during the past twenty-four
				 (24) months;
2. Conviction of or
				 adjudication of three (3) moving violations within a thirty-six (36) month
				 period;
3. Conviction within the
				 past five (5) years of a motor vehicle offense, which is a criminal offense in
				 the State of Rhode Island or which if committed outside the State of Rhode
				 Island would be considered a criminal offense if committed in the State of
				 Rhode Island, or conviction within the past five (5) years of an alcohol
				 related driving offense (including refusal to submit to a breath or
				 blood/alcohol test);
4. Conviction
				 of a felony (the term conviction shall not include any felony which has been
				 expunged by court order or otherwise rescinded or pardoned).
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CERTIFICATION › Section 280-RICR-30-05-2.9 - Competency and Fitness of Applicant (Discretionary Considerations)

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Division personnel making
				 determinations as to issuance of a school bus operators certificates shall
				 review applications for persons who fit into the following categories and, if
				 any of the following considerations apply, a certificate shall not be issued
				 until after a hearing at which it is determined that operation by such a person
				 would not be inimical to the public safety or welfare:
1. Involvement in three (3) motor vehicle
				 accidents within a two (2) year period;
2. Conviction of a misdemeanor within a
				 twelve (12) month period or more than one misdemeanor within the last five (5)
				 years.
3. Where the application
				 contains inaccurate or incomplete information;
4. Where other information obtained during
				 the course of the application process brings into question the applicant's
				 fitness or competency to transport school children.
5. Conviction of or adjudication of three (3)
				 non-moving violations within a twelve (12) month period during the last three
				 years (non-moving violations shall not include parking tickets);
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CERTIFICATION › Section 280-RICR-30-05-2.10 - Competency and fitness of Applicant (physical examinations)

Current through June 14, 2024
A. All applicants shall submit with their
				 application a report of physical examination satisfactory to the Division, on a
				 form furnished by the Division, provided this requirement may be waived for
				 persons who have previously submitted a report of physical exam to the Division
				 and have not at the time of a new application reached 65 years of
				 age.
B. Any individual 65 years of
				 age or over must provide a report of physical examination, satisfactory to the
				 Division, every six (6) months.
C.
				 Any applicant whose report of physical examination is determined to be
				 unsatisfactory shall have the right to have the physical condition reviewed by
				 the Medical Advisory Board.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CERTIFICATION › Section 280-RICR-30-05-2.12 - Revocation of Certificate

Current through June 14, 2024
Whenever the School Bus Coordinator learns of any
					 information that brings into question the competence or fitness of any person
					 authorized by these regulations and R.I. Gen. Laws Title 31 to transport school
					 children, the School Bus Coordinator shall notify that person of the date and
					 time of a review procedure before the school bus coordinator. At such a
					 procedure, the determination shall be made by the school bus coordinator as to
					 whether or not the certificate issued pursuant to these regulations shall be
					 revoked. Determination shall be made in accordance with the criteria and review
					 procedure prescribed above and similarly, appeal shall be to a hearing officer
					 in the Operator Control Section and to the District Court as prescribed
					 above.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.1 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
The following Rules and Regulations are promulgated to
					 administer R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 31-28, 31-10 and 31-11, regarding
					 eligibility for operator licenses and special parking privilege license
					 plates.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.2 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The purpose of these Rules and Regulations is to prescribe
					 the conditions under which the Medical Advisory Board shall conduct its
					 proceedings and make determinations and recommendations relative to eligibility
					 for disability parking privileges, and/or the applicant's fitness to operate a
					 motor vehicle.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. For purposes of these Rules and
				 Regulations the following definitions shall apply:
1. "Applicant" means any party making
				 application to the Division of Motor Vehicles for a disability parking
				 privilege license plate, a license as an operator or chauffeur, or a special
				 permit for operating a school bus.
2. "Blind" means any person whose central
				 visual acuity of twenty over two hundred (20/200) or less in the better eye
				 with best correction, or visual acuity of more than twenty over two hundred
				 (20/200) if the widest diameter of the field of vision subtends an angle of no
				 greater than twenty (20) degrees.
3. "Disabled" or "disability" means the
				 definition given in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											31-28-7.
4. "Licensee" means any person who
				 has received a license to operate a motor vehicle as an operator or
				 chauffeur.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.4 - Meetings of the Medical Advisory Board

Current through June 14, 2024
A.
				 The Medical Advisory Board created pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										31-10-44,
				 shall meet regularly, at such times and places as its members may select by
				 majority vote, in order to review applications for disability parking
				 privileges, applications for a license as a motor vehicle operator or
				 chauffeur, and medical evidence regarding the physical or mental fitness of the
				 applicant or licensee to operate a motor vehicle, and to make recommendations
				 thereon, or for any other lawful purpose for which its members may decide to
				 meet.
B. Notification of meeting
				 times shall be sent to all members by the Office of Operator Control of the
				 Division of Motor Vehicles.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.5 - Quorum Requirements

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Whenever any
				 meeting of the Medical Advisory Board shall be convened, a quorum shall consist
				 of not less than four (4) members. The Medical Advisory Board may conduct its
				 business and make recommendations on applications or medical records at any
				 meeting in which a quorum of members is present.
B. Minutes of the Medical Advisory Board
				 meetings shall reflect the attendance of the Board.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.6 - Procedure for Review of Eligibility for Blind or Disability Parking Privileges

Current through June 14, 2024
A. On behalf of the
				 Medical Advisory Board, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall prepare and
				 furnish an official application form, designated as such, to any person
				 requesting parking privileges by reason of disability. All information required
				 to be furnished on the application form must be completed, or the application
				 will not be accepted.
B. Said
				 application form shall be completed for the Applicant by a licensed physician
				 or by a licensed optometrist, shall be signed by the physician or optometrist
				 upon completion, and shall be mailed by the physician or optometrist directly
				 to: Medical Advisory Board, Operator Control, 286 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI
				 02860. Supporting documents may be attached to the application by the
				 physician.
C. Any licensed group
				 care facility that provides services to blind, disabled, or ambulatory disabled
				 persons may make application for special parking privilege portable license
				 plates, which may be used only by agents or employees of the facility when
				 transporting such persons who are in fact clients, residents or patients of
				 such facility.
D. Upon receipt of
				 the Application, the Medical Advisory Review Board shall conduct a review of
				 same as soon as practicable and shall forward the Board's recommendation on the
				 Applicant to the Deputy Director of Motor Vehicles, or his designee, for
				 official action.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.7 - Procedure for Review of Eligibility to Receive or Maintain a License or Permit

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Whenever the
				 Deputy Director for Motor Vehicles shall have sufficient cause to believe that
				 a person is not able to safely operate a motor vehicle by reason of a
				 disability, an application for operator's privileges shall be refused and/or
				 the operating privileges shall be suspended, pending the establishment of
				 his/her fitness to operate a motor vehicle. In the case of a suspension of an
				 operating license or privilege, an official Order notifying the licensee of the
				 effective date of the suspension shall be sent by regular mail to the last
				 known address of the licensee by the Division of Motor Vehicles.
B. On behalf of the Medical Advisory Board,
				 the Division of Motor Vehicles shall prepare and furnish a medical evaluation
				 form to any person whose application for an operator's license has been refused
				 pending the establishment of physical and/or mental fitness to operate a motor
				 vehicle or whose operating privileges have been suspended pending the
				 establishment of physical or mental fitness to operate a motor
				 vehicle.
C. Said medical evaluation
				 form shall be completed by a licensed physician or optometrist, signed upon
				 completion, and sent by the physician or optometrist directly to: Medical
				 Advisory Board, Operator Control, 286 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860.
1. Supporting documents may be attached to
				 the application by the physician or optometrist. Additional documents or
				 statements may be submitted separately by the applicant/licensee.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.8 - Standards Applied in Evaluation of Applications or Records

Current through June 14, 2024
A. In reviewing applications on medical
				 reports and making recommendations thereon, the Medical Advisory Board shall
				 evenly apply standards which reflect contemporary medical practices of the
				 community.
B. The Medical Advisory
				 Board shall not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of gender, age,
				 race, national origin or creed.
C.
				 The standards applied by the Medical Advisory Board shall be consistent with
				 developments in the medical field that relate to eligibility for special
				 parking privilege license plates, and fitness to operate a motor vehicle, and
				 shall be consistent with the educational training, experience, and expertise of
				 the members of the Board. Such standards shall recognize the technological
				 advances in the rehabilitative field which may enable a disabled person to
				 safely operate a motor vehicle by means of special adaptive equipment and
				 training.
D. In the case of an
				 application for disability parking privileges, the burden of proof shall rest
				 with the applicant to demonstrate that he or she is disabled.
E. In the case of a license suspension
				 because of a disability pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										31-11-7,
				 and the right to an administrative hearing is exercised by the licensee
				 pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										31-11-7,
				 good cause must appear for the Division to continue, modify, or extend the
				 license suspension, or revoke such license.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.9 - Required Proof of Disability

Current through June 14, 2024
A. An applicant
				 must produce sufficient proof of the disability for which he/she seeks parking
				 privileges to satisfy the requirements of the Medical Advisory Board before an
				 application will be recommended for approval.
B. Sufficient proof of disability shall
				 consist of a physician's or optometrist's certification on the application form
				 that the applicant is disabled, as defined herein. In the alternative, a
				 physician may indicate on his or her professional letterhead, whether the
				 applicant adequately meets the standard for a "disability" designation.
				 Provided, however, that said letter must contain all relevant information
				 requested by the Medical Advisory Board on the application and medical
				 evaluation form.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.10 - Voting

Current through June 14, 2024
Voting concerning whether an applicant is entitled to
					 disability parking privileges by reason of some physical impairment, or is
					 entitled to have operating privileges restored or approved, shall be by voice
					 vote, and the majority vote shall be determinative of the official Board
					 recommendation to be made to the Deputy Director concerning any
					 application.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.11 - Medical Advisory Board Recommendations

Current through June 14, 2024
A. A
				 decision on all applications submitted to the Medical Advisory Board shall be
				 made within a reasonable time, from the date a completed application is
				 received on behalf of the Board.
B.
				 The Board shall signify whether the application is approved or rejected on a
				 space provided on the application form.
C. All recommendations of the Board shall be
				 final, and shall be forwarded to the Deputy Director for the Division of Motor
				 Vehicles or his/her designated agent, by the Office of Operator
				 Control.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.12 - Notice to Applicants

Current through June 14, 2024
Every decision made by the Deputy Director for Motor
					 Vehicles, based on the recommendation of the Medical Advisory Board, shall be
					 communicated to the applicant by an Official Notice, sent via regular mail by
					 the Division of Motor Vehicles to the applicant's address, as listed on the
					 application. Notification of the procedures to be used to appeal such a
					 decision shall also be sent to the applicant with the official Order whenever a
					 license has been denied or suspended for medical reasons or when disability
					 parking privileges have been denied.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.13 - Appeal Procedures

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Any person whose
				 license has been suspended on physical fitness grounds or whose application for
				 disability parking privileges, operating privileges as an operator or
				 chauffeur, or for a special bus permit, has been denied, and who has received
				 an Official Notice of such decision, may request a hearing to appeal such
				 denial or suspension by filing a written request for a hearing within twenty
				 (20) days of the date of the Official Notice. Hearing requests shall be sent to
				 the Division of Motor Vehicles, Operator Control, 286 Main Street, Pawtucket,
				 RI 02860.
B. Upon receipt of a
				 timely request for a hearing on such a license suspension or a denial of an
				 application for operating privileges and/or special parking privilege license
				 plates, the Office of Operator Control shall schedule a hearing, to be held
				 within twenty (20) days of the receipt of such request, and shall provide
				 notice of the hearing time and date to the party requesting the hearing via
				 regular mail.
C. At the hearing on
				 the appeal, the burden of proof shall be on the appellant to show by a
				 preponderance of evidence that the Medical Advisory Board's decision on such
				 application or suspension was erroneous in light of the reliable medical
				 evidence and documentation provided as a part of the application or
				 appeal.
D. The hearing on the
				 appeal shall be conducted by an agent of the Division of Motor Vehicles, who
				 shall record or summarize the basis of the appeal, and then forward the same to
				 the Medical Advisory Board for further consideration if additional evidence has
				 been submitted for review, or to the Deputy Director for Motor Vehicles if no
				 additional evidence has been submitted.
E. The Medical Advisory Board shall review
				 the record on any appeal remanded to it by the Hearing Officer, and shall issue
				 a recommendation on the appeal to the Deputy Director for Motor Vehicles, or
				 his/her designated agent. After the Board's recommendation on any such appeal
				 has been reviewed, or when the Deputy Director makes a determination on Appeals
				 directed to him/her, a final decision shall be sent by regular mail to the
				 applicant/appellant.
F. Any party
				 aggrieved by a decision of the Deputy Director for Motor Vehicles may bring an
				 appeal to the Sixth Division District Court in the manner provided by the
				 Administrative Procedures Act, R.I. Gen. Laws §
										42-35-1,
et seq
.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Medical Advisory Board › Section 280-RICR-30-05-3.14 - Severability

Current through June 14, 2024
If any provision of these Rules and Regulations or the
					 application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, such
					 invalidity shall not affect the provisions or application of the rules and
					 regulations which can be given effect, and to this end the provisions of these
					 rules and regulations are declared to be severable.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 4 - RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF A DRIVERS LICENSE TO APPLICANTS AND LICENSEES WHO USE BIOPTIC TELESCOPIC LENSES › Section 280-RICR-30-05-4.1 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
This Part is promulgated pursuant to the authority granted
					 in R.I. Gen. Laws §
										31-10-28.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 4 - RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF A DRIVERS LICENSE TO APPLICANTS AND LICENSEES WHO USE BIOPTIC TELESCOPIC LENSES › Section 280-RICR-30-05-4.2 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The purpose of this Part is to determine the eligibility of
					 a motorist to use bioptic telescopic lenses and to regulate that
					 use.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 4 - RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF A DRIVERS LICENSE TO APPLICANTS AND LICENSEES WHO USE BIOPTIC TELESCOPIC LENSES › Section 280-RICR-30-05-4.3 - Visual Acuity and Horizontal Peripheral Field of Vision Standard for Applicants and Licensees Who Use Bioptic Telescopic Lenses

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Individuals who use bioptic telescopic
				 lenses are not eligible to receive a motorcycle learner's permit or
				 license.
B. Individuals who use
				 bioptic telescopic lenses are eligible to receive learner's permits and
				 licenses only, provided that the individual's doctor has provided a signed
				 certification that the following standards are met:
1. At least 20/40 distant visual acuity
				 through the telescope, and at least 20/100 distant visual acuity through the
				 carrier lens, and at least 20/100 distant visual acuity through the other lens;
				 and not less than 120 degrees combined horizontal peripheral field of vision;
				 and
2. The bioptic telescope used
				 by the applicant or licensee must be:
a.
				 Monocular
(1) The telescope must be on one
				 eye only; telescopes over both eyes are not acceptable for licensing
				 purposes.
b. Fixed Focus
(1) Telescopes that need to be rotated to
				 focus are not acceptable.
c. No Greater Than 3x Magnification
(1) Magnification must not exceed three (3)
				 times.
d.
				 Spectacle-mounted and an Integral Part of the Lens
(1) No clip-on or hand-held telescopes are
				 acceptable for licensing purposes.
e. Located so Not to Occlude the Wearer's
				 Line of Sight and Not to Occlude the Visual Field in the Other Eye
(1) The telescope must be affixed to the
				 upper quadrant of the lens so that the wearer's vision while looking through
				 the carrier lens or other lens is not blocked or impended in any way.
f. Eligible for a "Daylight Only"
				 License
(1) A daylight only restriction and a
				 corrective lenses restriction must be imposed. If the licensee wishes to have
				 the restrictions removed from his or her license, he or she must take and pass
				 a night time driving test.
g. Color Vision Standard
(1) Applicant or Licensee must be able to
				 distinguish the colors red, green, and amber.
(2) If the applicant or licensee cannot
				 distinguish the colors red, green, and amber, a license is not
				 possible.
h. Vision
				 Impairment Standard
(1) Applicant or licensee
				 must not have unresolvable diplopia (double vision which cannot be resolved by
				 wearing an eye patch or other suppressive device).
(2) If the applicant or licensee does have
				 unresolvable diplopia, a license is not possible.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.1 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
This Part is promulgated pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws
					 §§
										31-22-10 and
					  31-22.1-3.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.2 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The purpose of this Part is to establish eligibility
					 criteria to obtain a pupil transportation certificate.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The following words used in this Part
				 shall have the following meaning:
1.
				 "Conviction" means an unvacated adjudication of guilt or a determination that a
				 person has violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original
				 jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative tribunal; an unvacated
				 forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in
				 court; a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court; or the
				 payment of a fine or court cost or violation of condition of release without
				 bail, regardless of whether or not the penalty is rebated, suspended, or
				 probated. See R.I. Gen. Laws §
											31-10.3-3(11).
2. "Division of Motor Vehicles" or "DMV"
				 means the division that exists within the State of Rhode Island Department of
				 Revenue, pursuant to the requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws §
											42-142-1,
				 or any successor Department.
3.
				 "Moving violation" means any statutory violation committed by the driver of a
				 vehicle, while the vehicle is in motion.
4. "Pupil transportation certificate" means a
				 specific license endorsement which authorizes the holder to operate a pupil
				 transportation vehicle, as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 31-22.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.4 - Application for Pupil Transportation Certificate

Current through June 14, 2024
A.
				 Applicant must complete the Application for Chauffeur's License and Pupil
				 Transportation Certificate. Applicant must also complete the Medical Form
				 certifying their fitness to operate a pupil transportation vehicle.
B. Applicant must bring completed application
				 to the police department in the city or town in which he/she lives in order to
				 have a criminal background check conducted.
C. If the applicant is not a Rhode Island
				 resident or has moved into the state within the past five (5) years, applicant
				 must obtain a certified criminal record check as well as a certified driving
				 record from current or former home state(s). These documents must be no more
				 than thirty (30) days old and must be submitted with original Application for
				 Chauffeur's License and Pupil Transportation Certificate. Only original
				 documents will be accepted.
D.
				 After obtaining the criminal record check and driving abstract, applicant must
				 bring these documents along with Application for Chauffeur's License and Pupil
				 Transportation Certificate to the Division of Motor Vehicles. A letter of
				 sponsorship, verifying applicant will be employed as a driver of a pupil
				 transportation vehicle, must accompany this application (from a school
				 department school bus company, child care agency, YMCA, etc).
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.5 - Minimum Qualifications

Current through June 14, 2024
A. An applicant for
				 a pupil transportation certificate must be at least twenty-one (21) years of
				 age and have had a driver's license for three (3) continuous years.
B. A chauffeur's license and a pupil
				 transportation certificate are required to operate a pupil transportation
				 vehicle.
C. Operators who hold an
				 active commercial driver's license issued by the Rhode Island DMV may operate a
				 pupil transportation vehicle without a chauffeur's license but must have an
				 active pupil transportation certificate.
D. Current holders of a valid school bus
				 certificate are not required to obtain a pupil transportation certificate to
				 operate pupil transportation vehicles.
E. On an annual basis, holders of a pupil
				 transportation certificate must submit a completed Medical Form.
F. Holders of a pupil transportation
				 certificate who are seventy (70) years or older must submit a completed Medical
				 Form every six months.
G. DMV shall
				 have the authority to conduct a criminal background check of the applicant and
				 to review applicant's driving record.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.6 - Mandatory Disqualifiers

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Division of
				 Motor Vehicles shall not issue a pupil transportation certificate to any person
				 who has one or more convictions of the following:
1. Two (2) moving violations within a twelve
				 (12) month period during the past twenty-four (24) months;
2. Three (3) moving violations within a
				 thirty-six (36) month period;
3.
				 Within the past five (5) years of a motor vehicle offense which is a criminal
				 offense in the State of Rhode Island or which, if committed outside the State
				 of Rhode Island would be considered a criminal offense if committed in the
				 State of Rhode Island;
4. Within
				 the past five (5) years of an alcohol related driving offense (including civil
				 and criminal violations for refusal to submit to a breath or blood/alcohol
				 test);
5. A felony
				 offense.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.7 - Discretionary Disqualifiers

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Division of
				 Motor Vehicles shall review all applications for Pupil Transportation
				 Certificates. If any of the following apply, a certificate shall not be issued
				 until after a hearing is conducted by DMV at which it is determined that
				 operation of a pupil transportation vehicle by the applicant would not imperil
				 the public health, safety and welfare:
1.
				 Involvement in three (3) motor vehicle accidents within a two (2) year
				 period;
2. Conviction of a
				 misdemeanor within a twelve (12) month period or more than one (1) misdemeanor
				 within the last five (5) years;
3.
				 A license suspension within the past three (3) years;
4. Where the application contains inaccurate
				 or incomplete information;
5.
				 Conviction of three (3) non-moving violations within a twelve (12) month period
				 during the last three (3) years (non-moving violations shall not include
				 parking tickets);
6. Where other
				 information obtained during the course of the application process brings into
				 question the applicant's fitness or competency to safely transport school
				 children.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.8 - Hearing

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Request. Upon receiving a hearing request
				 from an individual whose application has been denied, the Division of Motor
				 Vehicles shall afford a hearing as early as practical, but no later than twenty
				 (20) days after receiving the request, as set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws §
										31-11-7(b).
B. Conduct of hearing.
1. An individual whose application has been
				 denied will be afforded the following rights at the hearing:
a. a hearing before an impartial decision
				 maker;
b. the opportunity to compel
				 the production of documents and witnesses, including members of the Division of
				 Motor Vehicles 's Medical Advisory Board;
c. the opportunity to confront and
				 cross-examine witnesses;
d. access
				 to all of the evidence upon which the Division of Motor Vehicles relied in
				 making its determination to suspend; and
e. the right to present any and all relevant
				 evidence including the right to obtain and present the results of a recently
				 administered road test, as set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws §
												31-11-7(d).
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.9 - Appeals

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Any person aggrieved by any order of the
				 Administrator of the Division of Motor Vehicles regarding license denial may
				 appeal the order to the sixth division of the district court by filing, within
				 ten (10) days from the date of the notice to such person of the issuance of the
				 order appealed from, a petition in the sixth division district court stating
				 the grounds upon which the appeal is taken, as set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws
				 §
										31-11-15.
B. A party aggrieved by a final order of the
				 court may seek further appellate review pursuant to the procedures set forth in
				 R.I. Gen. Laws §
										42-35-15.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.10 - Renewals

Current through June 14, 2024
Pupil Transportation certificates are valid for one year
					 and shall expire on July 31st of each year.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.11 - Display of Certificate

Current through June 14, 2024
Pupil Transportation Certificate must be conspicuously
					 displayed when operating a Pupil Transportation Vehicle.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.12 - Employer Responsibility

Current through June 14, 2024
Employers must verify that each Pupil Transportation
					 Certificate holder in their employ is properly licensed by obtaining
					 documentation from DMV.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 05 - Licensing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility for Pupil Transportation Certificate › Section 280-RICR-30-05-5.13 - Liberal Construction

Current through June 14, 2024
The terms and provisions of this Part shall be liberally
					 construed to permit the Division of Motor Vehicles to effectuate the purposes
					 of state law, goals, and policies.