Virginia Code 46.2-341.14:8: Test administration.
A. Skills tests shall be conducted strictly in accordance with the provisions of this article and with current test instructions provided from time to time by the Department. Such instructions will include test forms and directions for completing such forms.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 46.2-341.14:8
- Applicant: means an individual who applies to obtain, transfer, upgrade, or renew a commercial driver's license or to obtain or renew a commercial learner's permit. See Virginia Code 46.2-341.4
- Third party examiner: means an individual who is an employee of a third party tester and who is certified by the Department to administer tests required for a commercial driver's license. See Virginia Code 46.2-341.4
- Third party tester: means a person (including another state, a motor carrier, a private institution, the military, a government entity, including each comprehensive community college in the Virginia Community College System established by the State Board for Community Colleges pursuant to Chapter 29 of Virginia Code 46.2-341.4
- Vehicle: means every device in, on or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except personal delivery devices and devices moved by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Virginia Code 46.2-100
B. Skills tests shall be conducted:
1. On test routes that are located at least in part in Virginia and have been approved by the Department;
2. In a vehicle that is representative of the class and type of vehicle for which the commercial driver’s license applicant seeks to be licensed and for which the third party tester and third party examiner are certified to test; and
3. In vehicles that are inspected, licensed, and insured, as required by law.
C. All third party testers shall submit a skills test schedule of commercial driver’s license skills testing appointments to the Department no later than two business days prior to each test.
D. All third party testers shall notify the Department through secure electronic means when a driver applicant passes skills tests.