D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, § 1314
1314.1 No person applying for a commercial driver's license from this jurisdiction for the first time shall be issued a commercial driver's license until his or her name, address, date of birth, height, weight, status of driving privilege, and any other information that may be required is submitted to the operator of the Commercial Driver's License Information System.1314.2 No person shall be issued a renewed commercial driver's license until his or her driving record has been checked through the operator of the Commercial Driver's License Information System to determine the status of his or her commercial driving privileges in any other jurisdiction.1314.3 No person shall be issued a commercial driver's license until his or her driving record, as maintained by the current jurisdiction of issuance, has been checked through the operator of the National Driver Register, and other information systems, to check the status of his or her non-commercial driving privileges in any other jurisdiction. The information shall be considered in determining whether to issue a commercial driver's license.1314.4 Before issuance of a commercial driver's license to a person who possesses a driver's license from any other jurisdiction, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall request from such jurisdiction all information pertaining to the driving record of the person.1314.5 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall notify the operator of the Commercial Driver's License Information System of commercial drivers licensing actions within ten (10) days of the beginning of the date of license issuance or modification.1314.6 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall notify the operator of the Commercial Driver's License Information System and the state that issued a person a commercial driver's license within ten (10) days from the date of final adjudication or conviction for a violation that may result in the disqualification, revocation, suspension, or cancellation of the person's commercial driver's license.1314.7 Whenever a person who does not hold a commercial driver's license, but who is licensed to drive by another State, is convicted of a violation in a commercial motor vehicle of any law relating to motor vehicle traffic control (other than a parking violation), the Department shall notify the licensing entity in the State where the driver is licensed of this conviction as follows:1. (a) Beginning on September 30, 2005, the notification will be made within thirty (30) days of the conviction.
2. (b) Beginning on September 30, 2008, the notification will be made within ten (10)
days of the conviction.
1314.8 The Department shall make driver record information available as required by 49CFR § 225(c).
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 10913 (November 26, 2004); as amended by as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 2206 (March 24, 2006).