Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article IV - Licensing › Chapter 75 - DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINATION › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 75.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
						  chapter, have the following meanings, unless the contest clearly indicates
						  otherwise:
Applicant
-A person who has never been
						  licensed in this Commonwealth to operate any type of motor vehicle; or a person
						  seeking to qualify to operate a vehicle of different classification or to add
						  an endorsement, or to remove a restriction from that driver's license; or a
						  person who is a nonresident of this Commonwealth seeking to be licensed to
						  operate any type of motor vehicle.
Basic control skills test
-A test that
						  evaluates an applicant's ability to operate and control the test vehicle and
						  judge the position of the test vehicle in relationship to objects on a course
						  marked by permanent or temporary boundaries.
CRNP-Certified registered nurse
						  practitioner
-A registered nurse licensed in this Commonwealth who is
						  certified, by both the State Board of Nursing and the State Board of Medicine,
						  in a particular clinical specialty area and who, while functioning in the
						  expanded role as a professional nurse, performs acts of medical diagnosis or
						  prescription of medical therapeutic or corrective measures in collaboration
						  with and under the direction of a physician licensed to practice medicine in
						  this Commonwealth.
Chiropractor
-A practitioner of
						  chiropractic as defined in
						  75 Pa.C.S. §
													1508.1(b) (relating to
						  physical examinations).
Class A driver's license
-A license
						  issued to a person 18 years of age or older who has demonstrated the
						  qualifications to operate any combination of vehicles with a GVWR of 26,001
						  pounds or more, if the GVWR of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000
						  pounds.
Class B driver's license
-A license
						  issued to a person 18 years of age or older who has demonstrated the
						  qualifications to operate any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 pounds or
						  more, or any vehicle towing another vehicle with a GVWR of not more than 10,000
						  pounds.
Class C driver's license
-A license
						  issued to a person 18 years of age or older, except as provided in
						  75 Pa.C.S. §
													1503
						  (relating to persons ineligible for licensing), who has demonstrated the
						  qualifications to operate any single vehicle, except those vehicles requiring a
						  Class M qualification, with a GVWR of not more than 26,000 pounds or any
						  combination of vehicles, except combination vehicles involving motorcycles,
						  that does not meet the definition of either Class A or Class.
Class M driver's license
-A license
						  issued to a person who has demonstrated the qualifications to operate a
						  motorcycle. A Class M license accompanied by an endorsement shall be issued to
						  a person who has demonstrated the qualifications to operate a motor-driven
						  cycle. If a person is qualified to operate only a motorcycle or motor-driven
						  cycle, that person shall be issued only a Class M license or a Class M license
						  with an endorsement, as applicable.
Commercial driver's license
-The term
						  as defined in
						  75 Pa.C.S. §
													1603
						  (relating to definitions).
Commercial driver's license
						  endorsement
-An alphabet code added to the commercial driver's license
						  upon successful completion of a specialized knowledge test or a specialized
						  knowledge and skill examination identifying the licensee as qualified to
						  operate certain specialized commercial motor vehicles.
Commercial driver's license
						  restriction
-An alphabet code added to the commercial driver's license
						  that prohibits the licensee from operating certain types of commercial motor
						  vehicles as a result of either examination failure or examination in a test
						  vehicle lacking certain equipment integral to the safe operation of that
						  vehicle.
Commercial motor vehicle
-The term as
						  defined in
						  75 Pa.C.S. §
													1603.
GVWR-Gross vehicle weight rating
-The
						  value specified on the Federal weight certification label by the manufacturer
						  as the loaded weight of a single vehicle.
Noncommercial driver's license
-A
						  license issued to an individual qualified to drive a class of motor vehicle
						  other than a commercial motor vehicle. Noncommercial Class A or Class B motor
						  vehicles include motor homes or recreational trailers operated solely for
						  personal use, and motorized construction equipment, including motorscrapers,
						  backhoes, motorgraders, compactors, excavators, tractors, trenchers and
						  bulldozers.
Physician assistant
-A person certified
						  by the State Board of Medicine to assist a physician or group of physicians in
						  the provision of medical care and services and under the supervision and
						  direction of the physician or group of physicians.
Pretrip circle check
-A walk around a
						  single or combination vehicle visually inspecting various equipment items
						  listed on a checklist, in which the driver looks for broken wires, loose bolts,
						  cracks in metal, lights that do not work, flat tires or other damage which
						  could affect the safe operation of the single or combination vehicle.
Specialized knowledge examination
-An
						  examination to determine the ability of the applicant to operate certain
						  specialized commercial motor vehicles, including vehicles transporting
						  hazardous materials in placardable amounts, tank vehicles, double and triple
						  trailers, passenger carrying vehicles, school buses or vehicles equipped with
						  air brakes, to add an endorsement or to remove a commercial driver's license
						  restriction from the commercial driver's license.
The provisions of this §
														75.2 amended under the Vehicle
							 Code,
							 75 Pa.C.S. §§
															1504,
							 1508,
							 1508.1,
							 1509,
							 1514,
							 1607 and
							 6103.