(B)
Definitions:
(B)
(1) "Applicant" - Any person authorized by the
department of public safety as eligible to take the skills test required for
commercial drivers by Chapter 4506. of the Revised Code.
(C)
(2)
"Audit" - An examination by the department or the federal motor carrier safety
administration of records of a third-party tester's transactions involving
administration of the skills test, in order to verify and authenticate the
accuracy of the disbursement or procedures and determine compliance with this
chapter and
49 C.F.R. 383.75.
(D)
(3)
"Chargeable accident" - Any violation of a state or local law relating to motor
vehicle traffic control other than a parking violation arising in connection
with any traffic accident.
(E)
(4) "Class A
commercial driver's license" - License required to operate any vehicle or
combination of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six
thousand one pounds or more, if the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicles
being towed is in excess of ten thousand pounds.
(F)
(5) "Class B
commercial driver's license" - License required to operate any school bus; any
vehicle designed to transport manufactured homes; any single vehicle with two
or more axles and a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand one
pounds or more; and any vehicle or combination of vehicles with two or more
axles and a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds or
more, if the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle being towed is less
than ten thousand pounds.
(G)
(6) "Class C
commercial driver's license" - License required to operate any vehicle with a
gross vehicle weight rating of less than twenty-six thousand one pounds used in
the transportation of hazardous materials or any vehicle designed to transport
sixteen or more passengers including the driver.
(H)
(7) "Commercial
driver's license or CDL" - A license, including a probationary commercial
driver's license, issued in accordance with this chapter that authorizes an
individual to drive a commercial motor vehicle.
(I)
(8) "Commercial motor
vehicle" - Any motor vehicle designed or used to transport persons or property
that meets any of the
following
qualifications
set forth in division (D) of section
4506.01 of the Revised Code
.
:
(1) Has a gross vehicle weight
rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds or more, including any vehicle being
towed that has a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or
more;
(2) Is a school bus;
(3) Is designed to transport sixteen
or more passengers, including the driver;
(4) Is designed to transport
manufactured homes;
(5) Is a single vehicle with two or
more axles and has a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand one
pounds or more;
(6) Is a combination vehicle with
two or more axles and has a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand
one pounds or more if the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle being
towed is less than ten thousand pounds;
(7) Is transporting hazardous
materials for which placarding is required under 49 C.F.R. Parts
100-18.
(J)
(9) "Department" - The
Ohio department of public safety.
(K)
(10) "Director" - The
chief officer of the Ohio department of public safety.
(L)
(11)
"Inspection" - A review of test administration and related documents and
records of the third-party tester by the department or its representatives or
the federal motor carrier safety administration as required by
49 C.F.R. 383.75.
(M)
(12) "Third-party
agreement" - The contract
which
that defines the terms of the third-party tester's
responsibilities and authorizes the third-party tester to administer skills
tests to applicants.
(N)
(13) "Third-party examiner" - Any person trained in a
course approved by the department of public safety who has been certified as an
approved third-party examiner, to conduct skills testing of applicants for a
commercial driver's license.
(O)
(14) "Third-party
facility manager" - The person designated by the third-party tester to be
responsible for maintenance and recording of documents required to be kept by
each third-party tester.
(P)
(15) "Third-party
tester" - Any person, an agency of this state or another state, an agency,
department, or instrumentality of local government, authorized by the
department of public safety to administer a third-party skills test program
specified for commercial drivers by Chapter 4506. of the Revised
Code.
(Q)
(16) "Third-party testing facility" - Facility
approved by the department of public safety to be used for third-party testing
which is owned, leased or under the control of the third-party
tester.
(R)
(17) "Skills test" - The test of an applicant's
ability to drive the type of commercial motor vehicle for which the applicant
seeks a commercial driver's license by having the applicant perform the
pretrip, basic control, and road test maneuvers under the supervision of an
approved third-party examiner or state driver's license examiner; the pretrip,
basic control, and road test administered by the Ohio
highway patrol
department of public safety or an approved third-party
examiner to an applicant for a commercial driver license.
