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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 595. Department of Public Safety |
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Chapter 11. Commercial Driver Licenses |
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Subchapter 5. Commerical Driver License Third-Party Examiners |
SECTION 595:11-5-3. Definitions
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- In addition to terms defined in 47 O.S. § 1-101, et seq., the following words or terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Use of the singular term includes the plural, and use of the plural term includes the singular."Business day" means Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., excluding state and federal holidays."Certified school" means a school district or technology center school or any public or private commercial truck driving school that has or maintains a program instructing students for a commercial driver license in the State of Oklahoma that is approved and licensed by the Department of Public Safety to provide, on the premises of the school, the driving skills examinations for Oklahoma commercial driver licenses."Commercial driver license" means an Oklahoma Class A, B, or C commercial driver license, as defined in 47 O.S. § 6-101."Commercial truck driving school" means any public or private entity that offers a program of instruction for a Class A, B, or C license in the State of Oklahoma that has been approved and certified by the Department of Public Safety."Commercial motor vehicle" means a Class A, B, or C commercial motor vehicle, as defined in 47 O.S. §§ 1-107.1, 1-107.2 or 1-107.3, used for training students."Department" means the Department of Public Safety."Driver training instructor" means an employee of a certified school who has been approved by the State Board of Education to teach school bus driver training courses, or has been approved by Oklahoma Board of Career and Technology Education to teach truck driver training courses, or who has the appropriate approval to teach both courses, or an employee of any commercial truck driving school that has been approved by the Department to be a Third-Party Examiner."Examination" means the skills portion (one (1) test with three (3) segments to include the pre-trip, basic controls skills (BCS), and road test) of the examination for a commercial driver license which shall test the ability of the applicant to operate a commercial motor vehicle and shall be administered on the premises of a certified school by a third-party examiner employed by that school. Examination shall also mean:(A) an examination to upgrade the current commercial driver license of a driver license applicant, or(B) an examination to remove restriction codes."Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration" means the United States Department of Transportation Office of Motor Carrier Safety, 300 N. Meridian, Suite 106 North, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73107, (405) 605-6047."School district" means a school district, as defined in 70 O.S. § 1-108, which has at least one secondary school, as defined in 70 O.S. §1-106, which offers a school bus driver training course approved by the State Board of Education."Technology center school" means a technology center school within a technology center school district, established pursuant to Section 9B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, and operated in accordance with the rules of the Oklahoma Board of Career and Technology Education which offers a school bus driver training course approved by the State Board of Education or a truck driver training course approved by the State Board of Education."Third-party examiner" means a driver training instructor employed by a certified school who has been approved by the Department of Public Safety to administer, on the premises of the certified school employing the instructor, the examination, as defined in this Section, for a commercial driver license. A third-party examiner is not and shall not be construed or purported, either explicitly or by implication, to be an employee of the Department of Public Safety."Third-Party Examiner program" means the program at the Department that issues Third-Party Examiner certifications.