La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § III-119

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section III-119 - Third-Party Examiners

A. All persons desiring to obtain certified third-party examiner status shall make application to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles on a form prepared and approved by the department, and shall furnish all requested information thereon. In order to obtain certified third-party examiner status, an applicant must, at a minimum, meet the following qualifications:

1. hold a current and valid commercial driver's license for all commercial driver's license classes for which the applicant seeks examiner status, issued either by the state of Louisiana or by a state whose commercial driver's license criteria meets the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations relative to commercial driver's licenses;

2. be employed on a full-time basis by an employer who is a certified third-party tester;

3. has successfully completed an approved third-party examiner training course;

4. applicant must have taken and successfully passed a commercial driver's license written examination;

5. applicant must have no violations, except parking violations, within one year prior to the date of application relative to a commercial motor vehicle or its operation;

6. applicant must have had no convictions, guilty pleas or forfeitures for driving under the influence of alcohol or any controlled dangerous substance in any class of vehicle within three years prior to the date of application;

7. applicant must have had no license suspensions, revocations, cancellations or disqualifications in any class of vehicle within three years prior to the date of application;

8. applicant must be at least 21 years of age;

9. applicant must at least have a high school diploma or equivalent education;

10. must maintain a valid email account and have access to the internet, to interact with certain online systems.

B. All applicants for certified third-party examiner status who currently hold a certificate of third-party examiner from a state other than Louisiana shall make application to the department for a certified third-party examiner status and shall meet all of the requirements in §119. A Additionally, all third-party examiners shall take a skills test from either a departmental examiner or an approved third-party examiner upon the renewal of the commercial driver's license of said applicant for the classes of vehicles for which he is applying to be a third-party examiner.

C. All certificates of certified third-party examiner status shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance. All applications for certified third-party examiners must be accompanied by an application fee of $10 which is nonrefundable.

D. All third-party examiners shall utilize in their evaluation of the skills of individual applicants for commercial driver's licenses and the endorsements thereto, the commercial driver's license road test criteria and protocol formulated by Essex Corporation for the National Driver's License Examiner's Training Program.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § III-119

Filed by the Department of Public Safety, Office of Motor Vehicle, 1974, promulgated and amended by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, LR 15:1094 (December 1989), amended LR 24:2315 (December 1998), LR 40:91 (January 2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 32:408 and 15.587.