1316.1 Any applicant for a commercial driver license shall pass each section of a commercial driver license skills test that meets the standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. § 383.

1316.2 The passing score for each of the sections of the test required by § 1316.1 is eighty percent (80%) or higher.

1316.3 An applicant may not take the commercial driver license skills test until at least thirty (30) days have elapsed from the issuance of a learner’s permit.

1316.4 An applicant must wait seventy-two (72) hours after failing a commercial driver license skills test before re-taking the test.

1316.5 An applicant may take the commercial driver license skills test no more than six (6) times in a twelve (12) month period.

1316.6 In addition to the penalty specified in Subsection 103.9 of this title, if an applicant misses a CDL skills test appointment, the applicant will be assessed one failed test.

1316.7 An applicant for a commercial driver license who does not successfully complete the air-brake component of the driving-skill test in a vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with air brakes, shall, if otherwise qualified, receive a commercial driver license that restricts the license holder from operating a commercial motor vehicle equipped with air brakes as provided in Subsection 1313.3(b).

1316.8 If allowed by another U.S. jurisdiction, a District of Columbia resident who has taken commercial driver license training in that jurisdiction may take the skills test in that jurisdiction. The test results will be accepted as if the tests were administered in the District.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 732 (February 7, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 10913 (November 26, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 5758 (June 17, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5764 (July 17, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 10912 (November 19, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 9016 (October 21, 2011); as amended by the Commercial Driver’s License Skills Test Amendment Act of 2013, effective December 13, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-0053; 60 DCR 15159 (November 1, 2013)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 13453 (October 16, 2015).