Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.001
Short title
This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act.
Revised Code of Washington Chapter 46.25 — Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act
Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 46.25 · 29 active provisions
Provisions
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.005
Purpose—Construction
(1) The purpose of this chapter is to implement the federal Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA), Title XII, P.L. 99-570, and reduce or prevent commercial motor vehicle accidents, fatalities, and injuries by:(a) Permitting commercial drivers to hold only one license;(b) Disqualifying commercial drivers w…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.010
Definitions
The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Alcohol" means any substance containing any form of alcohol, including but not limited to ethanol, methanol, propanol, and isopropanol.(2) "Alcohol concentration" means:(a) The number of grams of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of blood; o…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.020
One license limit
No person who drives a commercial motor vehicle may have more than one driver's license.
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.030
Duties of driver—Notice to department and employer
(1)(a) A driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a driver's license issued by this state who is convicted of violating a state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, in any other state or federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal laws of Canada, other than parking violations, shall…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.040
Duties of employer
(1) An employer shall require the applicant to provide the information specified in RCW 46.25.030(3).(2) No employer may knowingly allow, permit, or authorize a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle during any period:(a) In which the driver has a driver's license suspended, revoked, or canceled by a state, has los…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.050
Commercial driver's license required—Exceptions, restrictions, reciprocity
(1) Drivers of commercial motor vehicles must obtain a commercial driver's license as required under this chapter. Except when driving under a commercial learner's permit and a valid driver's license and accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver's license valid for the vehicle being driven, no person may drive a…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.052
Commercial learner's permit—Qualifications, authorized use, endorsements, restrictions, fee distribution
(1) The department may issue a CLP to an applicant who is at least 18 years of age and holds a valid Washington state driver's license and who has:(a) Submitted an application on a form or in a format provided by the department;(b) Passed the general knowledge examination required for issuance of a CDL under RCW 46.25.…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.054
Nondomiciled commercial driver's license and commercial learner's permit—Issuance, requirements
(1) The department may issue a nondomiciled CLP or CDL to a person who meets one of the following criteria:(a) Is domiciled in a foreign country as provided in 49 C.F.R. Sec. 383.23(b)(1) as it existed on October 1, 2017, or such subsequent date as may be provided by the department by rule, consistent with the purposes…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.055
Medical examination and certification—Required—Exception
Except as provided in 49 C.F.R. Sec. 391.67 as it existed on April 30, 2019, or such subsequent date as may be provided by the department by rule, consistent with the purposes of this section, a person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle unless he or she is physically qualified to do so and is medically examined a…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.057
Medical certificate—Failure to carry—Penalty
(1) It is a traffic infraction for a licensee under this chapter to drive a commercial vehicle while downgraded for not maintaining a current medical certificate with the department.(2) A person who violates this section is subject to a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars. If the person appears in person before the co…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.060
Knowledge and skills examination, exemptions, fee distribution
(1)(a) No person may be issued a commercial driver's license unless that person:(i) Is a resident of this state;(ii) Has successfully completed a course of instruction in the operation of a commercial motor vehicle that has been approved by the director or has been certified by an employer as having the skills and trai…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.070
Application—Change of address, name—Residency—Hazardous materials endorsement
(1) The application for a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit must include the following:(a) The full name and current mailing and residential address of the person;(b) A physical description of the person, including sex, height, weight, and eye color;(c) Date of birth;(d) Except in the case of a…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.075
Certification—Recordkeeping and administration—Downgrade
(1) Any person applying for a CDL or CLP must certify that he or she is or expects to be engaged in one of the following types of driving:(a) Nonexcepted interstate;(b) Excepted interstate;(c) Nonexcepted intrastate; or(d) Excepted intrastate.(2) A CDL or CLP applicant or holder who certifies under subsection (1)(a), (…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.080
License contents, classifications, endorsements, restrictions
(1) The commercial driver's license must be marked "commercial driver's license" or "CDL," and must be, to the maximum extent practicable, tamperproof. It must include, but not be limited to, the following information:(a) The name and residence address of the person;(b) The person's color photograph;(c) A physical desc…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.082
Driving record information
(1)(a) Before issuing a CDL or CLP, the department must obtain driving record information:(i) Through the commercial driver's license information system;(ii) Through the national driver register;(iii) From the current state of record; and(iv) From all states where the applicant was previously licensed over the last 10…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.085
Hazardous materials endorsement
(1) The department may not issue, renew, upgrade, or transfer a hazardous materials endorsement for a commercial driver's license to any individual authorizing that individual to operate a commercial motor vehicle transporting a hazardous material in commerce unless the federal transportation security administration ha…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.088
Expiration—Renewal
(1) A CDL expires in the same manner as provided in RCW 46.20.181.(2) When applying for renewal of a CDL, the applicant must:(a) Complete the application form required under RCW 46.25.070(1), providing updated information and required certifications, and meet all the requirements of RCW 46.25.070 and 49 C.F.R. Sec. 383…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.090
Disqualification—Grounds for, period of—Records
(1) A person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a period of not less than one year if a report has been received by the department pursuant to RCW 46.20.308 or 46.25.120, or if the person has been convicted of a first violation, within this or any other jurisdiction, of:(a) Driving a motor vehi…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.100
Restoration after disqualification—Requalification fee, fee distribution
(1) When a person has been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle, the person is not entitled to have the commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit restored until after the expiration of the appropriate disqualification period required under RCW 46.25.090. After expiration of the approp…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.105
Downgrade of commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license—Review—Removal of downgrade—Erroneous identification
(1) The department, upon receiving notification that pursuant to 49 C.F.R. Sec. 382 that a Washington state CLP or CDL holder is prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle, must initiate a downgrade of the CLP or CDL. The downgrade must be completed and recorded on the CDLIS driver record within 60 days of th…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.110
Driving with alcohol or THC in system
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of Title 46 RCW, a person may not drive, operate, or be in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle while having alcohol or THC in his or her system.(2) Law enforcement or appropriate officials shall issue an out-of-service order valid for twenty-four hours against a person…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.120
Test for alcohol or drugs—Disqualification for refusal of test or positive test—Procedures
(1) A person who drives a commercial motor vehicle within this state is deemed to have given consent, subject to RCW 46.61.506, to take a test or tests of that person's breath for the purpose of determining that person's alcohol concentration.(2) A test or tests may be administered at the direction of a law enforcement…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.130
Report of violation, disqualification by nonresident
(1) Within ten days after receiving a report of the conviction of or finding that a traffic infraction has been committed by any nonresident holder of a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit, or any nonresident operating a commercial motor vehicle, for any violation of state law or local ordinance…
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.25.140
Rules
The department may adopt rules necessary to carry out this chapter.
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