2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Vehicles
CHAPTER 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
321.188 - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.

        321.188  COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.
         1.  Before the department issues, renews, or upgrades a commercial
      driver's license and in addition to the requirements of section
      321.182, the license applicant shall do all of the following:
         a.  Certify whether the applicant is subject to and meets
      applicable driver qualifications of 49 C.F.R. part 391 as adopted by
      rule by the department.
         b.  Certify the applicant is not subject to any commercial
      driver's license disqualification and has committed no offense and
      has not acted in a manner which either alone or with previous actions
      or offenses could result in commercial driver's license
      disqualification.
         c.  Successfully pass knowledge tests and driving skills tests
      which the department shall require by rule.  The rules adopted shall
      substantially comply with the federal minimum testing and licensing
      requirements in 49 C.F.R. part 383, subparts E, G, and H as adopted
      by rule by the department.  Except as required under 49 C.F.R. part
      383, subpart E, G, or H, a commercial driver's license is renewable
      without a driving skills test within one year after its expiration
      date.
         d.  Certify the vehicle to be operated in the driving skills
      tests represents the largest class of vehicle the applicant will
      operate on the highway.
         e.  Certify that the applicant is a resident of Iowa or a
      resident of a foreign jurisdiction.
         f.  Identify all states where the applicant has been licensed
      to drive any type of motor vehicle during the previous ten years.
         2.  An applicant for a commercial driver's license may substitute
      for a driving skills test the applicant's operating record and
      previous passage of a driving skills test or the applicant's
      operating record and previous driving experience if all of the
      following conditions exist:
         a.  The applicant is currently licensed to operate a
      commercial motor vehicle.
         b.  The applicant certifies that during the two years
      immediately preceding application all of the following apply:
         (1)  The applicant has not held driver's licenses valid for the
      operation of commercial motor vehicles from more than one state
      simultaneously.
         (2)  The applicant has not had any convictions which are federal
      commercial driver's license disqualifying offenses under 49 C.F.R. §
      383.51 as adopted by rule by the department while operating any type
      of vehicle.
         (3)  The applicant has not committed a traffic violation, other
      than a parking violation, arising in connection with a traffic
      accident.
         (4)  No record of an accident exists for which the applicant was
      convicted of a moving traffic violation.
         (5)  The applicant has not had any driver's license suspended,
      revoked, or canceled.
         c.  The applicant provides evidence of and certifies that the
      applicant is employed in a job requiring operation of a commercial
      motor vehicle and the applicant has done one of the following:
         (1)  Has previously passed a driving skills test given by this
      state or its designee in a motor vehicle representative of the class
      of motor vehicle the applicant will operate.
         (2)  Has operated during the two-year period immediately preceding
      the application a motor vehicle representative of the class of motor
      vehicle the applicant will operate.
         3.  An applicant for a hazardous material endorsement must pass a
      knowledge test as required under 49 C.F.R. § 383.121 as adopted by
      rule by the department to obtain or retain the endorsement.  However,
      an applicant for license issuance who was previously issued a
      commercial driver's license from another state may retain the
      hazardous material endorsement from the previously issued license if
      the applicant successfully passed the endorsement test within the
      preceding twenty-four months.  Pursuant to procedures established by
      the department, an applicant for a hazardous material endorsement
      must also comply with the application and security threat assessment
      requirements established under 49 C.F.R. pt. 383, 384, and 1572.  A
      hazardous material endorsement shall be revoked or denied if the
      department determines that the applicant has not complied with or met
      the security threat assessment standards.
         4.  The department shall check the applicant's driving record as
      maintained by the applicant's current licensing state, the national
      commercial driver's license information system, and the national
      driver register to determine whether the applicant qualifies to be
      issued a commercial driver's license.  The department shall notify
      the national commercial driver's license information system of the
      issuance, renewal, or upgrade of a commercial driver's license.
         5.  A resident of this state holding a commercial driver's license
      issued by a former state of residence in conformity with the federal
      commercial driver testing and licensing standards shall not be
      required to take a knowledge or driving skills test prior to issuance
      of a commercial driver's license in this state, except a basic Iowa
      rules of the road knowledge test and, when applicable, motorcycle
      operator knowledge and driving skills tests.  The commercial driver's
      license issued by this state shall be valid for operation of the same
      class of vehicles with the same endorsements and restrictions as in
      the former state of licensure.  However, a person with a hazardous
      materials endorsement must comply with subsection 3.  

         90 Acts, ch 1230, § 34; 92 Acts, ch 1175, § 21; 98 Acts, ch 1073,
      §9, 10; 99 Acts, ch 96, §30--32; 2000 Acts, ch 1133, §4; 2004 Acts,
      ch 1013, §28, 35; 2006 Acts, ch 1068, §25
         Referred to in § 321.180, 321.196