(A) The registrar of motor vehicles may authorize the highway patrol or any other employee of the department of public safety to issue an examiner's commercial examinations passed form to an applicant who has passed the required examinations. The examiner's commercial examinations passed form shall be used to indicate the examinations taken and passed by the commercial driver's license applicant.
(B)(1) Before issuing, renewing, transferring, or upgrading a commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or a commercial driver's license, the registrar of motor vehicles shall obtain information about the applicant's driving record, whether the applicant was previously issued a commercial driver's license in another state, or whether the applicant is disqualified or prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle through the commercial driver's license information system, the drug and alcohol clearinghouse, the applicant's state of licensure, and when available, the national driver register. In addition, before initially issuing a class A or class B commercial driver's license, a passenger endorsement, a school bus endorsement, or a hazardous materials endorsement, the registrar shall verify that the applicant completed the training required under 49 C.F.R. 380, subpart F, through the federal motor carrier safety administration's training provider registry. The registrar also shall check the applicant's driver record to ensure that an applicant who self-certified under division (A)(1)(a)(i) of section4506.10of the Revised Code that the applicant's operation of a commercial motor vehicle is non-excepted interstate, is medically certified.
(2) The registrar shall not issue, renew, upgrade, or transfer the applicant's commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license if any of the following apply:
(a) The registrar obtains adverse information regarding the applicant's driving record.
(b) There is no information regarding the driver's self-certification type as required by division (A)(1) of section4506.10of the Revised Code.
(c) The applicant's medical status is not certified, when required to be certified under division (A)(1)(a)(i) of section4506.10of the Revised Code.
(d) The applicant is prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle because the applicant violated the drug and alcohol use and testing provisions of 49 C.F.R. 382, subpart B ;
(e) If required, the applicant did not successfully complete the training required by 49 C.F.R. 380, subpart F, as documented in the federal motor carrier safety administration's training provider registry.
(3) If the record check reveals information that the applicant claims is outdated, contested, or invalid, the registrar shall deny the application until the applicant can resolve the conflict.
(C) The registrar shall do all of the following:
(1) Within ten days after issuing a commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license, notify the commercial driver's license information system, when available, of that fact and provide all information required to ensure identification of the licensee. If the registrar is notified that driver has been issued a medical variance, the registrar shall indicate the existence of the medical variance on the driver's commercial driver's license information system driver record.
(2) For those drivers self-certifying under division (A)(1)(a)(i) of section4506.10of the Revised Code as non-excepted interstate, post the applicant's medical status as certified or non-certified on the applicant's commercial driver's license information system driver record upon receiving a valid original or copy of the medical examiner's certificate;
(3) Post the driver's self-certification type as set forth in division (A)(1) of section4506.10of the Revised Code;
(4) Post information from the medical examiner's certificate, if applicable, on the driver's commercial driver's license information system driver record within ten calendar days of receipt of the medical examiner's certificate;
(5) Retain the original or a copy of the commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license holder's medical certificate for a minimum of three years after the date the certificate was issued;
(6) Post and maintain as part of the commercial driver's license information system driver record all convictions, disqualifications, and other licensing actions for violations of any state or municipal ordinances related to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking violations for all persons who hold a commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license or operate a motor vehicle for which a commercial driver's license is required;
(7) Post an applicant's status of medically non-certified on the applicant's commercial driver's license information system driver record and downgrade the applicant's commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license in accordance with division (D) of this section if either of the following applies:
(a) The commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license holder fails to provide the driver's self-certification type as required by division (A)(1) of section4506.10of the Revised Code.
(b) The commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license holder self-certifying under division (A)(1)(a)(i) of section4506.10of the Revised Code as non-excepted interstate fails to provide the registrar with a current medical examiner's certificate.
(8) Mark the commercial driver's license information system driver record as non-certified for any commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license holder who has not self-certified under division (A)(1) of section4506.10of the Revised Code by January 30, 2014 and initiate the commercial driver's license downgrade procedures described in division (D) of this section;
(9) Within ten days after a commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license holder's medical certification status expires or a medical variance expires or is rescinded, update the person's medical certification status to non-certified;
(10) Within ten calendar days after receiving information from the federal motor carrier safety administration regarding issuance or renewal of a medical variance for a driver, update the driver's commercial driver's license information system driver record to include the medical variance information provided by the federal motor carrier safety administration;
(11) Within ten calendar days after receiving information from the federal motor carrier safety administration that a commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license holder is prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle because of a violation of the drug and alcohol use and testing provisions of 49 C.F.R. 382, subpart B, initiate the commercial driver's license downgrade procedures described in division (F)(1) of this section;
(12) Within ten calendar days after receiving information from the federal motor carrier safety administration that a commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license holder is no longer prohibited or was erroneously identified as prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle because of a violation of the drug and alcohol use and testing provisions of 49 C.F.R. 382, subpart B, initiate the reinstatement procedures described in division (F)(2) of this section.
(D) If a driver's medical certification or medical variance expires or the federal motor carrier safety administration notifies the registrar that a medical variance was removed or rescinded, the registrar shall do the following:
(1) Send notice to the commercial driver's license holder of the holder's medically not certified status. The notice shall inform the driver that the driver's commercial driver's license privileges will be removed unless the driver resolves the medical certification or medical variance defect by submitting a current medical certificate or medical variance, as applicable, or changing the driver's self-certification under division (A)(1) of section4506.10of the Revised Code to driving only in excepted interstate or excepted intrastate commerce within sixty days.
(2) Sixty days after the change to a medically not certified status, if the commercial driver's license holder has not resolved the medical certification or medical variance defect as described in division (D)(1) of this section, the registrar shall change the person's commercial driver's license status to reflect no commercial driver's license privileges and shall send the person a second notice informing the person that the commercial driver's license privilege has been removed from the driver's license.
(E) To the extent permitted by federal and state law, the registrar shall provide records from the commercial driver's license information system regarding a commercial driver's license holder or commercial motor vehicle operator to the following individuals and entities or their authorized agents within ten days of the receipt of conviction or disqualification information concerning the holder or operator from another state or within ten days of the date of conviction or disqualification of the holder or operator if it occurred in this state, as applicable:
(1) Other states;
(2) The secretary of the United States department of transportation;
(3) The commercial driver's license holder or commercial motor vehicle operator referenced in the records;
(4) A motor carrier that is a current or prospective employer of the commercial driver's license holder or commercial motor vehicle operator referenced in the records.
(F)(1) If the registrar receives information in accordance with division (C)(11) of this section, the registrar shall notify the subject commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license holder. The notice shall inform the driver that the driver's commercial driver's license privileges will be downgraded unless the driver resolves the prohibition in accordance with the federal requirements within thirty days. If the driver does not resolve the prohibition within the thirty days, the registrar shall do all of the following:
(a) Downgrade the driver's commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license to prohibit the driver from operating a commercial motor vehicle;
(b) Send a second notice to the driver specifying that the driver's license has been downgraded and that the driver is prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle until the driver takes the steps necessary to reinstate commercial driver's license privileges;
(c) Record the downgrade on the driver's commercial driver's license information system driver record not later than sixty days after the original notification to the registrar from the federal motor carrier safety administration.
(2) If the registrar receives information in accordance with division (C)(12) of this section, the registrar shall do one of the following, as applicable:
(a) If the registrar receives the information before the registrar has downgraded a driver's commercial driver's license privileges in accordance with division (F)(1) of this section, the registrar shall terminate the downgrade process and notify the applicable driver of the termination ;
(b) If the registrar receives the information after the registrar has downgraded a driver's commercial driver's license privileges in accordance with division (F)(1) of this section, the registrar shall reinstate the driver's commercial driver's license, provided that the driver is otherwise eligible for reinstatement and such commercial driving privileges.
(3) If the registrar receives information in accordance with division (C)(12) of this section that the driver was erroneously identified as prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle, in addition to the reinstatement procedures under division (F)(2) of this section, the registrar shall remove any record of the downgrade from the driver's commercial driver's license information system driver record and motor vehicle driving record.
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