A. The Department will accept a skills test certificate issued in accordance with this section as satisfaction of the skills test component of the commercial driver’s license examination.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 46.2-341.14:9

  • 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

B. Skills test certificates may be issued only to drivers who have passed the skills test conducted in accordance with this chapter and the instructions issued by the Department.

C. A skills test certificate will be accepted by the Department only if it is:

1. Issued by a third party tester certified by the Department in accordance with this article;

2. In a format prescribed by the Department, completed in its entirety, without alteration; and

3. Signed by the third party examiner who conducted the skills test.

D. The results of the skills test shall be valid for six months following the completion of the test.

2013, cc. 165, 582; 2016, c. 429; 2022, cc. 60, 139, 292.

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