2006 New Mexico Statutes - 66-5-60 — Commercial driver\'s license; qualifications; standards.

66-5-60. Commercial driver's license; qualifications; standards.

A.     The division shall not issue a commercial driver's license to a person unless that person is a resident of New Mexico and has passed a knowledge and skills test for driving a commercial motor vehicle and for related endorsements, has passed a medical fitness test and has satisfied any other requirements of the New Mexico Commercial Driver's License Act [ 66-5-52 NMSA 1978].

B.     The division may authorize a person, including an agency of this or another state, an employer, a private driver-training facility or other private institution or a department, agency or instrumentality of local government to administer the skills test specified by this section.

C.     The director may waive the requirement of any test specified in this section for a commercial driver's license applicant who complies with the other provisions of the New Mexico Commercial Driver's License Act through any pertinent rules, regulations or contractual agreements with the public education department, other governments or private entities.

D.     A commercial driver's license applicant shall not take a test specified in this section more than three times within one year.

E.     If the department determines that a commercial driver's license applicant has committed an offense in taking a test specified in this section, the division shall not issue a commercial driver's license to that applicant within one year of the department's determination.