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FMCSA Final Rule Adds Flexibility to CDL Skills Testing
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published a final rule to increase flexibility in the commercial driver license skills test process.
Specifically, the final rule allows states to permit third-party test examiners to administer the CDL skills test to applicants to whom the examiners also have provided skills training. U.S. Department of Transportation leaders announced the final rule Dec. 17 as truckers were helping to transport initial loads of COVID-19 vaccines.
“Under [Transportation] Secretary [Elaine] Chao’s leadership, the Trump administration has continued to examine ways to provide commonsense regulatory reform and help individuals seeking to enter the commercial driver industry,” FMCSA Deputy Administrator Wiley Deck said. “This new rule will provide states more flexibility during the ongoing public health emergency to test CDL applicants and allow more drivers to safely enter the industry.”
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