§17E-1-7. — Commercial driver's license required; disqualification for driving without valid license.
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§17E-1-7. Commercial driver's license required; disqualification
for driving without valid license.
(a) On or after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two, except when driving under a commercial driver's instruction permit accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver's license valid for the vehicle being driven, no person may drive a commercial motor vehicle unless the person holds a commercial driver's license and applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle they are driving.
(b) No person may drive a commercial motor vehicle while their driving privilege is suspended, revoked, canceled, expired, subject to a disqualification or in violation of an out-of-service order.
(c) Drivers of a commercial motor vehicle must have a commercial driver's license in their possession at all times while driving.
(d) The Commissioner shall suspend for a period of ninety days the driving privileges of any person who is convicted of operating a commercial motor vehicle without holding a valid commercial driver's license and the applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle he or she is driving or for any conviction for operating a commercial motor vehicle while disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle.
(e) Any person not holding a commercial driver's license who is convicted of an offense that requires disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle shall also be disqualified from eligibility for a commercial driver's license for the same time periods as prescribed in federal law or rule or section thirteen of this article for commercial driver's license holders.
(a) On or after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two, except when driving under a commercial driver's instruction permit accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver's license valid for the vehicle being driven, no person may drive a commercial motor vehicle unless the person holds a commercial driver's license and applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle they are driving.
(b) No person may drive a commercial motor vehicle while their driving privilege is suspended, revoked, canceled, expired, subject to a disqualification or in violation of an out-of-service order.
(c) Drivers of a commercial motor vehicle must have a commercial driver's license in their possession at all times while driving.
(d) The Commissioner shall suspend for a period of ninety days the driving privileges of any person who is convicted of operating a commercial motor vehicle without holding a valid commercial driver's license and the applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle he or she is driving or for any conviction for operating a commercial motor vehicle while disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle.
(e) Any person not holding a commercial driver's license who is convicted of an offense that requires disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle shall also be disqualified from eligibility for a commercial driver's license for the same time periods as prescribed in federal law or rule or section thirteen of this article for commercial driver's license holders.