2013 New York Consolidated Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 5 - DRIVERS' LICENSES
Article 19-A - (509-A - 509-O) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BUS DRIVERS
509-G - Examinations and tests.

 
    § 509-g. Examinations  and tests. Each motor carrier shall require the
  following from each driver it employs:
    1. A biennial examination pursuant to regulations established  by  the
  commissioner,  by  a  physician,  a  certified nurse practitioner to the
  extent authorized by  law  and  consistent  with  the  written  practice
  agreement  pursuant  to  subdivision  three of section six thousand nine
  hundred two of the education law, or a  registered  physician  assistant
  who  is  not  the  personal  physician,  nurse practitioner or physician
  assistant of the driver. Included shall be a requirement  to  conduct  a
  vision test pursuant to regulations issued by the commissioner.
    2.  An  annual  check  of  the  applicant's past driving record, and a
  personal interview.
    3. Regular observation of the driver's defensive  driving  performance
  while  operating  his  vehicle  with passengers by competent supervisory
  employees of the carrier, or by competent outside supervisory personnel,
  with written reports of the observations performed to be  maintained  in
  the driver's file.
    4.  A  biennial  behind-the-wheel  driving test conducted by competent
  supervisory personnel of the carrier, or competent  outside  supervisory
  personnel,  to  include defensive driving performance. Such driving test
  may be conducted during the driver's normal daily operations  and  shall
  also include:
    (1) Pretrip inspection.
    (2) Placing the vehicle in operation.
    (3) Use of the vehicle's controls and emergency equipment.
    (4) Operating the vehicle in traffic and while passing other vehicles.
    (5) Turning the vehicle.
    (6) Braking and slowing the vehicle by means other than braking.
    (7) Backing and parking the vehicle.
    5.  In  addition  to the provisions outlined above, all motor carriers
  shall require each driver biennially  to  complete  a  written  or  oral
  examination  testing  his  knowledge of the rules of the road, defensive
  driving practices and the laws regulating driving a bus in  this  state.
  Such  examination  may  be  conducted  during  the driver's normal daily
  operations.