1. (a) Every law enforcement agent certified to conduct commercial motor vehicle inspections shall be authorized to declare a vehicle out-of-service upon discovery of a violation of any law or rule that would render further operation of the motor vehicle so imminently hazardous as to be likely to cause an accident or breakdown of the motor vehicle, because of its mechanical condition or loading.
2. (b) The criteria to be used by the law enforcement agent for (a) above shall be the “North American Standard Out-Of-Service Criteria” (April 1, 2023 edition). For those vehicles transporting highway route controlled quantities of radioactive materials, the criteria to be used by the law enforcement agent for (a) above shall be the “North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria and Level VI Inspection Procedures for Commercial Highway Vehicles Transporting Transuranics and Highway Route Controlled Quantities of Radioactive Materials” (April 1, 2022 edition).

Source. #2705, eff 5-9-84; ss by #4824, eff 6-1-90; ss by #4980, eff 11-16-90; ss by #6353, eff 10-11-96, EXPIRED: 10-11-04 New. #8247, INTERIM, eff 1-4-05, EXPIRED: 7-3-05 New. #8404, eff 8-2-05 (from Saf-C 906.01); amd by #8722, eff 9-8-06; ss by #10215, eff 10-25-12; amd by #12769, eff 5-2-19; amd by #13085, eff 8-7-20; ss by #13202, eff 5-6-21; amd by #13478, eff 10-26-22; ss by #13684, eff 7-17-23