D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, r. 18-1317

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 18-1317 - THIRD PARTY TESTING

1317.1

The Director may authorize a state, an employer, a private drivers training facility, or a department, agency or instrumentality of a local government to administer the skills tests, if the following conditions are met:

(a) The tests given by the third party are the same as those which would otherwise be given by the District of Columbia; and

(b) The third party has an agreement with the District of Columbia containing, at a minimum, provisions that:

(1) Allow the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), or its representative, and the District of Columbia to conduct random examinations, inspections and audits without prior notice;

(2) Require the District of Columbia to conduct on-site inspections at least annually;

(3) Require that all third party examiners meet the same qualification and training standards as District of Columbia examiners, to the extent necessary to conduct skills tests in compliance with the minimum federal standards established in 49 CFR Part 383, subparts G and H;

(4) Require that, at least on an annual basis, District of Columbia employees take the tests actually administered by the third party as if the District of Columbia employee were a test applicant, or that District of Columbia test a sample of drivers who were examined by the third party to compare pass/fail results; and

(5) Reserve unto the District of Columbia the right to take prompt and appropriate remedial action against the third-party testers in the event that the third-party fails to comply with District of Columbia or minimum federal standards for the commercial driver's license testing program, or with any other terms of the third-party contract.

1317.2

An applicant who takes and passes driving tests administered by an authorized third party shall provide evidence to the Department of Motor Vehicles that he or she has successfully passed the driving tests administered by the third party.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, r. 18-1317

Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 10913 (November 26, 2004)