2011 Code of Virginia
Title 46.2 MOTOR VEHICLES.
Chapter 3 Licensure of Drivers (46.2-300 thru 46.2-506)
46.2-341.10 Special provisions relating to commercial driver's instruction permit

46.2-341.10. Special provisions relating to commercial driver's instruction permit.

The Department, upon receiving an application on forms prescribed by the Commissioner and upon the applicant's satisfactory completion of the vision and knowledge tests required for the class and type of commercial motor vehicle to be driven by the applicant may, in its discretion, issue to such applicant a commercial driver's instruction permit. Such permit shall expire one year after issuance and shall entitle the applicant to drive a commercial motor vehicle of the class and type designated on the permit, but only when accompanied by a person licensed to drive the class and type of commercial motor vehicle driven by the applicant. The person accompanying the permit holder shall occupy the seat closest to the driver's seat for the purpose of giving instruction to the permit holder in driving the commercial motor vehicle.

No person shall be issued a commercial driver's instruction permit unless he possesses a valid Virginia driver's license or has satisfied all the requirements necessary to obtain such a license.

No person shall be issued a commercial driver's instruction permit to drive school buses during any period in which he is a person for whom registration with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry is required pursuant to Chapter 9 ( 9.1-900 et seq.) of Title 9.1.

It shall be unlawful for any instruction permit holder to operate a commercial motor vehicle without being accompanied by a licensed driver as provided in this section. Persons who violate this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

The Department shall charge a fee of three dollars for each instruction permit issued under the provisions of this section.

(1989, c. 705, 46.1-372.10; 2011, c. 477.)