2006 Code of Virginia § 46.2-341.9:1 - Commissioner to grant variances for commercial drivers transporting hazardous wastes

46.2-341.9:1. Commissioner to grant variances for commercial driverstransporting hazardous wastes.

The Commissioner may, to the extent allowed by federal law, grant variancesfrom the regulations with respect to the physical qualifications for driversof commercial motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials if:

1. The driver is regularly employed in a job requiring the operation of acommercial motor vehicle transporting hazardous materials;

2. The driver is at least twenty-one years of age;

3. A physician licensed in Virginia certifies that, in his professionalopinion, the driver is capable of safely operating a commercial motor vehicletransporting hazardous materials; and

4. In the opinion of the Commissioner, the driver is able to perform thenormal tasks associated with operating a commercial motor vehicle and complywith the applicable regulations authorized by 10.1-1450.

The Commissioner may promulgate regulations addressing such variances.

(1997, c. 260.)